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treat like dirt

treat like dirt verb: to treat someone badly, especially with disrespect or contempt.

Verb

treat like dirt (third-person singular simple present treats like dirt, present participle treating like dirt, simple past and past participle treated like dirt)

  1. (transitive, simile) To treat someone badly, especially with disrespect or contempt.
    Antonyms:
    pamper, spoil

Synonyms of treat like dirt

Antonyms

Forms of treat like dirt

third-person singular presenttreats like dirt
present participletreating like dirt
past participletreated like dirt
pasttreated like dirt

Questions about treat like dirt

What does treat like dirt mean?
Treat like dirt means to treat someone badly, especially with disrespect or contempt.
What part of speech is treat like dirt?
Treat like dirt is a verb.
What is the past tense of treat like dirt?
The past tense of treat like dirt is treated like dirt.

Words near treat like dirt in the dictionary

  1. treasuryships
  2. treat
  3. treat 'em mean to keep 'em keen
  4. treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen
  5. treat like a Make-A-Wish kid
  6. treat like dirt
  7. treat like garbage
  8. treat like shit
  9. treat like trash
  10. treat of
  11. treat them mean, keep them keen

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