"slum it" meaning in English

See slum it in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: slums it [present, singular, third-person], slumming it [participle, present], slummed it [participle, past], slummed it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} slum it (third-person singular simple present slums it, present participle slumming it, simple past and past participle slummed it)
  1. To associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own.
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          "ref": "2017 June 7, Adam Lusher, “Adnan Khashoggi: the 'whoremonger' whose arms deals funded a playboy life of decadence and 'pleasure wives'”, in The Independent, London:",
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