- 1[intransitive] stoop (down) to bend your body forward and downward She stooped down to pick up the child. The doorway was so low that he had to stoop.
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- 2[intransitive] to stand or walk with your head and shoulders bent forward He tends to stoop because he's so tall. Idioms
stoop
verbNAmE//stup//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they stoop he / she / it stoops
past simple stooped
-ing form stooping
to drop your moral standards far enough to do something bad or unpleasant She was unwilling to believe anyone would stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman's finger. Phrasal Verbsstoop to
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