treat (someone) like dirt

to behave badly towards someone in a way that shows that you do not respect them.

I don't know why she stays with him. He treats her like dirt.

• dip into something
• dip into your pocket
• dirt cheap
• dirt-poor
• dirty hands
• dirty old man
• dirty trick
• dirty weekend
• dirty word
• dirty your hands
• disappear into thin air
• disappear off the face of the earth
• disaster area
• Discretion is the better part of valour.
• dish out
• dish out something
• dish the dirt
• dish the dirt on
• dish the dirt on someone
• dish the dirt on something
• dispense with
• dispense with something
• dispose of
• dispose of something
• dissolve into