stoop to

• Verbo frasal que indica rebajarse moralmente o perder la dignidad al realizar una acción considerada inferior a los propios principios o normas.

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

incontable · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparable

1. Lower oneself morallyformal

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

   Rebajarse moralmente

   • 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.

   Sinónimoscondescendlower oneself

2. Bend down physicallyformal

   To bend one's body forward and downward.

   Agacharse

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

   Sinónimosbendbowcrouchduckhunchsquat

   Antónimosrisestandstraighten

Verbo basestoop