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- set (someone or something) (up) on a pedestal
set (someone or something) (up) on a pedestal
set (someone or something) (up) on a pedestal
To believe or behave as if someone or something is perfect, extraordinarily wonderful, or better than others. I know it's easy to be smitten with a romantic partner, but I don't think it's healthy for one to set the other up on a pedestal. Stephen has been setting classic literature on a pedestal ever since college, so he gets really judgmental of other genres he deems to be inferior.
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Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Teddy | | ['tedi] | |
NoËLle | | no-EL (French) | French, Dutch |
Nestan | | - | Georgian |
Clair | | KLER | French, English |
Kavita | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi |
Kwasi | | - | Western African, Akan |