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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

i am confused/do yourself down

what's the meaning of this idiom: "to do people down"
  

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Hello Anon If I am "doing you down", I am speaking with the intention of lowering your status or prestige or value. For instance, if you say to someone 'don't do yourself down', it means 'don't undervalue yourself'. MrP

  • Hello Anon If I am "doing you down", I am speaking with the intention of lowering your status or prestige or value.
  • For instance, if you say to someone 'don't do yourself down', it means 'don't undervalue yourself'.
  • MrP
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Hello Anon

If I am "doing you down", I am speaking with the intention of lowering your status or prestige or value.

For instance, if you say to someone 'don't do yourself down', it means 'don't undervalue yourself'.

MrP

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