stoop to doing



stoop to doing something

to degrade oneself or condescend to doing something; to do something that is beneath one. Whoever thought that the manager of the department would stoop to sweeping up? I never dreamed that Bill would stoop to stealing.
See also: stoop

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ji-Hyejee-hyeKorean
HÉLder-Portuguese
Ankita-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali
Auke-Frisian
ErjaER-yahFinnish
Giselbert-Ancient Germanic