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To lower one's dignity

To abandon or betray one's principles

To do something that one regards as below one's dignity or level of importance

To be humble or humbled

To act in an obsequious way in order to gain favor or mercy

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Verb

To lower one's dignity

cheapen yourself

humiliate yourself

lower someone's dignity

go down on your knees

swallow your pride

efface yourself

debase yourself

degrade yourself

“One does not demean oneself merely by passing on an opportunity for increasing one's moral perfection, but one does demean oneself by engaging in actions that decrease that moral perfection.”

Verb

To abandon or betray one's principles

degrade oneself

play someone false

sacrifice oneself

betray your principles

be untrue to oneself

go over to the other side

abandon one's principles

betray one's cause

betray one's ideals

Verb

To do something that one regards as below one's dignity or level of importance

be courteous enough

degrade oneself

deem it worthy of oneself

toss a few crumbs

come down off high horse

come down from one's high horse

debase yourself

act beneath oneself

put in someone's hands

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Verb

To be humble or humbled

debase yourself

cut down to size

take down a peg or two

take down a peg

make someone eat crow

put someone in their place

cause to lose face

drag through the mud

reflect badly on

bring into disrepute

drag through the mire

make someone eat humble pie

bring shame upon

give a bad name

put in a bad light

come down from one's high horse

settle someone's hash

give a black eye

make uncomfortable

make someone feel ashamed

lower someone's status

lower someone's dignity

lower the status of

reduce the status of

put out of countenance

take the wind out of your sails

cause to feel small

give a bad name to

tar and feather

be untrue to oneself

abandon one's principles

put in one's place

pop one's balloon

bring down a peg

make one feel small

cut to the quick

fix someone's wagon

force to eat humble pie

act beneath oneself

cast aspersions on

ruin the reputation of

do a hatchet job on

destroy someone's credibility

bring into disfavour

damage someone's reputation

show in a bad light

blacken someone's name

bring discredit to

blacken the name of

spread scandal about

rip up and down

run smear campaign

blacken the reputation of

inveigh against

fulminate against

spread lies about

bring dishonour to

sully the reputation of

conduct a smear campaign against

throw brickbats at

tell lies about

damage the reputation of

find fault with

drag someone's name through the mud

treat disrespectfully

reflect negatively

run a smear campaign against

kick in the teeth

write false reports about

muddy the reputation of

have the last laugh on

take a swipe at

drag someone's name through the mire

look down one's nose at

cast in a bad light

harm the reputation of

get the better of

sully someone's reputation

spread tales about

drag name through mud

blacken the character of

cast a slur upon

be prejudicial to

drag through mud

hold forth against

throw stones at

show in bad light

slap in the face

hit where one lives

blot your copybook

give offence to

do discredit to

cause offence to

hurt somebody's feelings

step on one's toes

blemish the reputation of

tarnish the reputation of

be a discredit to

characterize^US

injure the reputation of

taint someone's name

blacken someone's character

stain someone's good name

sully someone's name

tarnish someone's name

soil someone's name

declaim against

give something a bad press

give some stick to

become a stain of the escutcheon of

become a blot of the escutcheon of

tell someone to get lost

characterise^UK

give someone the brush-off

look right through someone

give the cold shoulder to

be scornful about

treat contemptuously

bite one's thumb at

take the mickey

poke mullock at

take the piss out of

accuse of being

label negatively

do a disservice to

take advantage of

do the dirty on

do an injustice to

slap someone's wrist

give someone a mouthful

give someone a telling-off

give someone a wigging

give someone what for

give comeuppance

read the riot act

haul over the coals

give someone a dressing-down

remonstrate with

give a talking-to

give someone some stick

give someone an earful

tear off a strip

give someone a row

point the finger

give someone a rollicking

rap over the knuckles

give someone a rating

give someone a roasting

express disapproval of

shoot full of holes

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Verb

To act in an obsequious way in order to gain favor or mercy

curry favor with^US

curry favour with^UK

dance attendance on

ingratiate oneself with

behave obsequiously

lick someone's boots

rub up the right way

show respect for

kiss one's feet

throw oneself at someone's feet

curry favour^UK

prostrate oneself

ingratiate yourself

be sycophantic towards

be servile towards

keep someone sweet

abase oneself to

be obsequious towards

be obsequious to

fall on one's knees

demean oneself to

bow and scrape to

abase oneself before

prostrate oneself to

try to get on the good side of

seek the favour of

be sycophantic to

scratch one's back

get in good with

try to win over

kiss someone's feet

lie down and roll over

humiliate yourself

prostrate oneself before

gain the favor of

get on the right side of

kiss the feet of

insinuate oneself

praise to excess

fall over oneself for

bow and scrape before

be at beck and call

praise to the skies

sing the praises of

degrade yourself

efface yourself

debase yourself

lay it on thick

compliment excessively

put on a pedestal

win the favor of

rub the right way

stroke one's ego

make advances to

keep company with

seek someone's company

dance attendance upon

get on the good side of

seek the friendship of

try to get someone on one's side

try to get on someone's good side

get in someone's good books

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