frown on
verb1
Figuratively To disapprove of (something or someone, often a behavior); to express disapproval of (something or someone).
- Coach frowns on smoking, even in the off-season.
- The three "Greats" (Great Eastern, Great Central, and Great Northern) were prepared to amalgamate, but Parliament continued to frown on such proposals.1948 January and February, “British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 2:
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- Is it because of her mother? said Lorraine. You think she'd frown on you?2018, Sally Rooney, “Two Days Later (April 2011)”, in Normal People: