"hold cheap" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: holds cheap [present, singular, third-person], holding cheap [participle, present], held cheap [participle, past], held cheap [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> cheap}} hold cheap (third-person singular simple present holds cheap, present participle holding cheap, simple past and past participle held cheap)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To have a low esteem for (someone or something); to hold in contempt; to look down upon. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to have a low esteem for (someone or something) — see also look down upon): ни в гро́ш не ста́вить (ni v gróš ne stávitʹ) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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