slum it

present singular third person slums it · participle present slumming it · participle past slummed it · past slummed it

1. To associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own.

   The private jets eventually went, Khashoggi having to slum it on commercial airlines.

   2017 June 7, Adam Lusher, “Adnan Khashoggi: the 'whoremonger' whose arms deals funded a playboy life of decadence and 'pleasure wives'”, in The Independent, London

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   There's nothing rich folks love more than going downtown and slummin' it with the poor.

   2015, Lin-Manuel Miranda, “The Schuyler Sisters”, in Hamilton

   So what's Casey up to today? Let's talk about her. You both like her. / Oh, she's at school. And then I think she's training with Izzie, which is good that I'm not there, 'cause Izzie's not really my biggest fan and she thinks that Casey's, like, slumming it with me. Which, you know, I'm gonna stop talking about right now.

   2019, Mike Oppenhuizen, Lauren Moon, “The Essence of a Penguin” (15:52 from the start), in Atypical, season 3, episode 6, spoken by Chuck and Evan (Karl T. Wright and Graham Rogers), via Netflix