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Meaning of de haut en bas | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2
dəˌ(h)əʊtɒnˈba

Definitions

With condescension; superciliously. Also used attributively.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Français de haut en bas
Русский свысока

Examples

“The landlady looked at him de haut en bas, rather pitying, and at the same time, resenting his clear, fierce morality.”
“Thomas initially took a de haut en bas attitude to Nazism, expecting it to be a flash⟳ in the pan.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

de jure de novo de profundis dead dead center dead on

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