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looking down

looking down is the present participle and gerund 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 looking down

What is looking down the present participle and gerund of?
Looking down is the present participle and gerund of look down.

Words near looking down in the dictionary

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

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