TO PUT / PLACE SB ON A PEDESTAL

Meaning of TO PUT / PLACE SB ON A PEDESTAL in English

to admire sb so much that you do not see their faults

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

ON
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUT
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SB — Solomon Islands
Internet Domains English vocabulary
SB — abbreviation bachelor of science, southbound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PEDESTAL — In Classical architecture , a support or base for a column, statue, vase, or obelisk . It may be square, …
Английский словарь Британика
PUT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLACE — I. ˈplās noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, open space in a city, space, locality, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PEDESTAL — I. ˈpedə̇st ə l noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French piedestal, from Old Italian piedestallo, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — I. abbreviation or noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin scientiae baccalaureus Bachelor of Science II. abbreviation 1. sales book …
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SB — symbol Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
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SB — abbreviation 1. stilb 2. substantive
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SB — Symbol, Chem. antimony. [ stibium ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUT — /poot/ , v. , put, putting , adj. , n. v.t. 1. to move or place (anything) so as to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLACE — — placeable , adj. — placeless , adj. — placelessly , adv. /plays/ , n. , v. , placed, placing …
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PEDESTAL — /ped"euh stl/ , n. , v. , pedestaled, pedestaling or ( esp. Brit. ) pedestalled, pedestalling . n. 1. an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUT — I. ˈpu̇t verb ( put ; put·ting ) Etymology: Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLACE — I. ˈplās noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, open space, from Latin platea broad street, from Greek plateia ( hodos …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PEDESTAL — I. ˈpe-dəs-t ə l noun Etymology: Middle French piedestal, from Old Italian piedestallo, from pie di stallo foot of a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — 1. [New Latin scientiae baccalaureus ] bachelor of science 2. southbound
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SB — Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
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SB — substantive
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUT — noun a certain game at cards. 2. put ·noun a pit. 3. put ·impf & ·p.p. of put. 4. put …
Webster English vocab
PLACE — add. ·vt to place-kick ( a goal). 2. place ·noun a definite position or passage of a document. 3. place …
Webster English vocab
PEDESTAL — noun a pillow block; a low housing. 2. pedestal ·noun a casting secured to the frame of a truck and …
Webster English vocab
SB — ■ symbol the chemical element antimony. Origin from L. stibium .
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — [sb] abbreviation substantive Sb [L stibium] abbreviation antimony SB [NL scientiae baccalaureus] abbreviation bachelor of science; simultaneous broadcast, southbound
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUT — [put] vb put ; put.ting [ME putten; akin to OE putung instigation, MD poten to plant] vt (12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PEDESTAL — [ped.es.tal] n [MF piedestal, fr. OIt piedestallo, fr. pie di stallo foot of a stall] (1563) 1 a: the support …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PEDESTAL — in Classical architecture, support or base for a column, statue, vase, or obelisk. Such a pedestal may be square, octagonal, …
Britannica English vocabulary
PEDESTAL — pedestal BrE AmE ˈped ɪst ə l -əst- ▷ pedestal|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PUT — / pʊt; NAmE / verb ( put·ting , put , put ) [ vn ] IN PLACE / POSITION 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLACE — / pleɪs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun POSITION / POINT / AREA 1. [ C ] a particular …
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PEDESTAL — / ˈpedɪstl; NAmE / noun the base that a column, statue, etc. rests on : a pedestal basin (= a …
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PLACE — I. place 1 S1 W1 /pleɪs/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ place , ↑ placement …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PEDESTAL — ped ‧ es ‧ tal /ˈpedəst ə l, ˈpedɪst ə l/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [L stibium]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PUT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PLACE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a particular portion of space. b a portion of space occupied by a person …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PEDESTAL — n. & v. --n. 1 a base supporting a column or pillar. 2 the stone etc. base of a statue …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PUT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PLACE — n. & v. n. 1 a a particular portion of space. b a portion of space occupied by a person …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PEDESTAL — n. & v. n. 1 a base supporting a column or pillar. 2 the stone etc. base of a statue …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [ L stibium ]
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Oxford English vocab
PLACE — n. & v. --n. 1. a a particular portion of space. b a portion of space occupied by a person …
Oxford English vocab
PEDESTAL — n. & v. --n. 1. a base supporting a column or pillar. 2 the stone etc. base of a statue …
Oxford English vocab
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. Etymology: L stibium
Oxford English vocab
PUT — ( puts, putting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'put' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLACE — ( places, placing, placed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A place …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEDESTAL — ( pedestals) 1. A pedestal is the base on which something such as a statue stands. ...a larger than life …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLACE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ceremony takes place ▪ The ceremony took place on 13th June at 2:30. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PEDESTAL
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PEDESTAL — [noun] [C] - a long thin column which supports a statue, or a tall column-like structure on which something restsIn …
Cambridge English vocab
PEDESTAL — n. In Classical architecture , a support or base for a column, statue, vase, or obelisk . It may be …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PEDESTAL — See: ON A PEDESTAL.
Slang English vocab
PLACE — I. noun 1 particular position/area ADJECTIVE ▪ convenient , good , great , ideal , perfect ▪ horrible , terrible …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PUT
Longman Activator English vocab
PLACE — INDEX: 1. a place 2. the exact place where something is or happens 3. ways of talking about where someone …
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PLACE — See ↑ HOME 1, ↑ PLACE 1, ↑ POSITION/RANK 7, ↑ PUT 1, ↑ SIT 4, ↑ STUDY 1 ◆◆◆ …
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PEDESTAL — • ↑ put sb on a pedestal
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