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treat like dirt

Idioms  
  1. Behave badly or show contempt toward, as in Her boss treats all the secretaries like dirt. This idiom uses dirt in the sense of “something worthless,” a usage dating from the mid-1300s.


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Still I don’t feel like apologizing to her, because what kind of jerk hits on someone they used to treat like dirt?

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