PEDESTAL


Meaning of PEDESTAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pedɪst(ə)l ]

( pedestals)

1.

A pedestal is the base on which something such as a statue stands.

...a larger than life sized bronze statue on a granite pedestal.

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2.

If you put someone on a pedestal , you admire them very much and think that they cannot be criticized. If someone is knocked off a pedestal they are no longer admired.

Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong...

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