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
SondraSAWN-drəEnglish
Reneerə-NAYEnglish
CarsonKAHR-sənScottish, English
Ilias-Greek
ReijoRAY-yoFinnish
Keshia-African American