hold up to scorn



hold someone or something up to scorn

Fig. to single out someone or something for repudiation. The entire crowd held Randy up to scorn for his part in the riot. The disappointed fans held up the losing team to scorn.
See also: hold, scorn, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gorogo-ṙo:Japanese
Ibraheem-Arabic
ŞUkrİYe-Turkish
Yijun-Chinese
Gul-Urdu, Pashto
LydiaLID-ee-ə (English), LUY-dee-ah (German, Finnish)English, German, Finnish, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek