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Meaning of hold cheap | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To have a low esteem for (someone or something); to hold in contempt; to look down upon.

idiomatic, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“We shall not always plant while others reap / The golden increment of bursting fruit, / Not always countenance, abject and mute / That lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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