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Meanings of lower oneself in English

Debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way.

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        Examples for "stoop"
        Examples for "stoop"
        1
        On the stoop, Brendan rang the doorbell several times, with no answer.
        The unseen
        2
        I hate the mechanical labour; I hate to stoop and sit still.
        Villette
        3
        They would stoop and go in under and pick up the grain.
        Old Rail Fence Corners: The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History
        4
        The candidate was too busy talking about hope to stoop to refutation.
        Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
        5
        When I stoop, stoop; when I crawl, crawl; when I run, run.
        Barlasch of the Guard
        1
        The braves themselves did not condescend to menial labor of this kind.
        Man-Size
        2
        These dignitaries condescend to advertise against each other in the local papers.
        To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. II
        3
        On the contrary, they not unfrequently condescend to bless the very humblest.
        Thirty Years in the Itinerancy
        4
        Nevertheless we, in our fancied mightiness, cannot condescend to such vulgar considerations.
        Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
        5
        I wonder you condescend to such trifles as fashionably-shaped hats and coats.
        Ernest Maltravers — Volume 05
        Usage of lower oneself in English
        1
        It's to lower oneself, I think.
        Plays by August Strindberg, Second series