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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