lower oneself

idiom

: to do something that causes people to have less respect for one : to degrade oneself
I won't lower myself to respond to these accusations.

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“Lower oneself.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lower%20oneself. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

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