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Phrase(s): *beneath something
under something. (*Typically: be ~; sit ~.) • What is that beneath the table? • The cat is beneath the piano., Phrase(s): beneath someone
too shameful for a polite person to do. • That kind of thing is beneath Fred. I’m appalled that he did it. • That sort of foul language is beneath you!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs