hold one's nose up

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hold one's nose up

verb holds one's nose up · holding one's nose up · held one's nose up

To be disdainful or dismissive towards something. The era of the "church-basement liberal" is over. Those who sit around meeting in the church basements of Cambridge, holding their noses up at the prospect of supporting candidates who don't agree with every last one of their issues, had exactly zero influence in this year's critical elections.
Similar: turn one's nose up

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@misc{hold_one_s_nose_up_2026,
  title = {hold one's nose up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hold%20one's%20nose%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}