look down

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McKenzie said the F-22s would provide the UAE with "one of the best look-down radars in the world," capable of identifying targets including land attack cruise missiles and drones.

From Reuters • Feb. 6, 2022

For as long as music exists and the human race has ears, they’ll always be an uppity group of critics that look-down on the old I-IV-V Three Chord Rule.

From Time • Jul. 17, 2014

But critics maintain that when the Soviets develop new defensive weapons, including look-down radar and radar picket planes, like the AWACS, the B-l will become obsolete.

From Time Magazine Archive

In particular, the black boxes are designed to protect the plane from attack from below, yet the new Soviet MiG-31 and other planes have a "look-down, shoot-down" capability that severely threatens the B-1B from above.

From Time Magazine Archive

He suspected everybody of despising him, and was perpetually trying to look-down the scorn of others with still deeper scorn.

From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)