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give Bronx cheer(verb, expression, idiom, condemn, mock)
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give the cold shoulder(verb, expression, idiom, reject, disregard)
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grin(verb, scorn, condemn, mock, belittle)
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have a nerve(expression, idiom)
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have the cheek(expression, idiom)
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have the gall(expression, idiom)
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hold beneath one(expression, idiom)
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hold cheap
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hold up to ridicule(verb, expression, idiom, condemn, mock)
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jeer(verb, scorn, condemn, mock, ridicule)
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jest(verb, scorn, condemn, mock, belittle)
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knock
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knock down
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lampoon(verb, scorn, condemn, mock, belittle)
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laugh at(verb, expression, scorn, condemn, mock)
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leer(verb, scorn, condemn, mock, belittle)
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look down on(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reject)
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look down upon(expression, idiom)
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make bold
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make little of(expression, idiom)
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