hold cheap en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic, transitive) To have a low esteem for (someone or something); to hold in contempt; to look down upon.
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; […]
1927, Countee Cullen, “From the Dark Tower”, in Copper Sun, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, part 1 (Color); republished in James Weldon Johnson, editor, The Book of American Negro Poetry […], revised edition, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931, →OCLC, page 228:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| held cheap | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| held cheap | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| holds cheap | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| holding cheap | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
ru ни в гро́ш не ста́вить (to have a low esteem for (someone or something) — see also look down upon)