"de haut en bas" meaning in Anglais

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Adverb

IPA: \də.həʊ.tɒn.ba\
  1. D’une manière hautaine, condescendante.
    Sense id: fr-de_haut_en_bas-en-adv-zRQWIxcY Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Gallicismes en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: superciliously
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      "source": "w"
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    "Du français de haut en bas."
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    "Divers dictionnaires bilingues français-anglais des XVIIIᵉ et XIXᵉ siècles permettent de penser que l’actuelle locution anglaise garde la trace d’anciennes locutions françaises traiter quelqu’un de haut en bas ou regarder quelqu’un de haut en bas, respectivement traduites, en anglais, par to use one with contempt et to look down upon one with contempt."
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          "ref": "D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers (Amants et Fils, dans la traduction française de 1936), Gerald Duckworth and Company, 1913, chapitre 4.",
          "text": "The landlady looked at him de haut en bas, rather pitying, and at the same time, resenting his clear, fierce morality."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Henry Newman,« Dear Mr Macron, your arrogance will only make Europe’s problems worse », telegraph.co.uk, 6 mars 2019. Tribune publiée en réaction à la tribune d’Emmanuel Macron publiée le 4 mars dans des journaux de 28 pays de l’Union européenne.",
          "text": "But I think your de haut en bas attitude towards Brexit belies the real problem - people voted for something with which you profoundly disagree."
        }
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        "D’une manière hautaine, condescendante."
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    "Du français de haut en bas."
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    "Divers dictionnaires bilingues français-anglais des XVIIIᵉ et XIXᵉ siècles permettent de penser que l’actuelle locution anglaise garde la trace d’anciennes locutions françaises traiter quelqu’un de haut en bas ou regarder quelqu’un de haut en bas, respectivement traduites, en anglais, par to use one with contempt et to look down upon one with contempt."
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  "pos_title": "Locution adverbiale",
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          "text": "The landlady looked at him de haut en bas, rather pitying, and at the same time, resenting his clear, fierce morality."
        },
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          "ref": "Henry Newman,« Dear Mr Macron, your arrogance will only make Europe’s problems worse », telegraph.co.uk, 6 mars 2019. Tribune publiée en réaction à la tribune d’Emmanuel Macron publiée le 4 mars dans des journaux de 28 pays de l’Union européenne.",
          "text": "But I think your de haut en bas attitude towards Brexit belies the real problem - people voted for something with which you profoundly disagree."
        }
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        "D’une manière hautaine, condescendante."
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      "ipa": "\\də.həʊ.tɒn.ba\\"
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "superciliously"
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