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looked down

looked down is the simple past and past participle of look down.

Meaning of look down

Verb

look down (third-person singular simple present looks down, present participle looking down, simple past and past participle looked down)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, down.
    • look down someone's shirt
  2. (intransitive) To lower one's eyes; to direct one's look downwards.
  3. (transitive) To fix one's gaze upon (someone) until they look away; to stare down.
    • Thurlow, forbear thy awful frown; / I beg you may not look me down […].1791, James Boswell, No Abolition of Slavery
  4. (intransitive) To decrease in value.

Questions about looked down

What is looked down the simple past and past participle of?
Looked down is the simple past and past participle of look down.

Words near looked down in the dictionary

  1. looked back
  2. looked before one leaped
  3. looked before one leapt
  4. looked beyond
  5. looked daggers
  6. looked down
  7. looked down on
  8. looked down one's nose
  9. looked down upon
  10. looked for
  11. looked for a dog to kick

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