stoop to

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения морального падения или утраты достоинства при совершении действия, считающегося ниже своих стандартов.

A phrasal verb used to indicate lowering oneself morally or in dignity to do something considered beneath one's standards.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

1. Lower oneself morallyformal

   To lower one's moral or ethical standards to do something considered beneath one's dignity.

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   • I would never stoop to lying to get what I want.
   • He stooped to cheating on the exam to pass the course.
   • She refused to stoop to their level of rudeness.

   Synonymscondescendlower oneself

2. Bend down physicallyformal

   To bend one's body forward and downward.

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   • He stooped to pick up the fallen coin.
   • She stooped to tie her shoelaces.
   • The gardener stooped to pull out the weeds.

   Synonymsbendbowcrouchduckhunchsquat

   Antonymsrisestandstraighten

Base verbstoop