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
Katlego-Southern African, Tswana
LyndseyLINDZ-eeEnglish (Modern)
Rada-Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian
JaylaJAY-ləEnglish (Modern)
Silvestersil-VES-tər (English)Dutch, English, Slovene, Slovak, German, Late Roman
Tzidkiyahu-Biblical Hebrew