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hold cheap

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hold cheap (third-person singular simple present holds cheap, present participle holding cheap, simple past and past participle held cheap)

(transitive) To have a low esteem for (someone or something); to hold in contempt; to look down upon.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Then welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand, but go Be our joys three-parts pain Strive, and hold cheap the strain Learn, nor account the pang dare, never grudge the throe. Robert Browning

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