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look out for
look over
look-see
look through
look to
look up
look-up
look up to
look upon
lookdown
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look down on
look down on or look down up·on


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
treat somebody as inferior: to regard or treat somebody or something as inferior or with contempt
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