lower yourself

lower (oneself)

To demean or degrade oneself; to do or say things that will lose the esteem or respect of others. I refuse to lower myself by engaging in a smear campaign just to win an election. I'm proud of your for not lowering yourself to trade insults with that horrid woman.
See also: lower
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ˈlower yourself (by doing something)

(usually used in negative sentences) behave in a way that makes other people respect you less: I wouldn’t lower myself by working for him.
See also: lower
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • lower (oneself)
  • lower (oneself) to (some level)
  • lower oneself to some level
  • for (one's) (own) sake
  • for sake
  • put (oneself) on the line
  • put yourself on the line
  • kick oneself
  • kick yourself
  • wash one's hands of
References in classic literature
"Don't lower yourself with using coarse language to me , Mr.
The Mill on the Floss
you will never lower yourself by making a confession to him?"
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Use a rope's end to lower yourself into the water so as to avoid a splash--you know.
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Of course, there's a massive safety issue here - you can't just lower yourself onto train tracks and, being no fool, Ashley did first approach station staff.
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Clench your butt at the top of the movement, pause, and lower yourself back down.
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Step back until your legs touch the chair, then slowly lower yourself back into the chair.
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Lower yourself until your thighs are parallel with the ground, then push back up explosively through your heels.
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Lower yourself by bending your knees until they're nearly at a right angle, with your thighs parallel to the floor
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Slowly lower yourself back down to the starting position, rolling your spine down from top to the bottom as you do.
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Opting for right allows you to post a 27-part Twitter thread explaining that, although you're grateful for your dietary requirements being acknowledged, you're unwilling to lower yourself to eating in Greggs.
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With a tempo squat, you begin to lower yourself and slowly move downwards on the count of 4 seconds, holding for 2 seconds and then bringing yourself back up again in 1 second.
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If you find you need to get a good grip to lower yourself in or get back out of a chair then you'll find wooden knuckles on the arms really helpful.
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Sit on a chair or step, drop your bum off of the edge and lower yourself down and back up again.
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Ostrich Walk From the standing position, lower yourself to a touch-toes position.
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