pedestal
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- noun
- /ˈpɛdɪstəl/
- Informal
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pedestal
- "I know how it feels to be put on a pedestal and then brought down.
- placed on a pedestal
- taken off a pedestal
- pedestal and throne
And now entrepreneurs hold that pedestal, which I think is great.
- And now entrepreneurs hold that pedestal, which I think is great.
- We tend to put gatekeepers on pedestals because we think they hold the power.
- In fact, I think his his lies and his the pedestal that he's on has real life consequences.
- Golden children fall off pedestals, so being seen would be more fleeting, right?
- And then science keeps bringing humanity down from its pedestal.
- And I trust, trust me, that fall from grace high up from that pedestal is not going to feel good.
- I was like, but you got her too high on the pedestal, dog.
- And sometimes you put these great men on pedestals that make them hard to touch, tough to reach.
- The primary fear is that they know they live on a conditional pedestal.
- That is your pedestal, meaning she we look at her as a superior.
- And it is the sense of smugness when someone gets knocked off their pedestal.
- So as as a girl and then as a young teenager, this we had the Kennedy family on a pedestal.
- I mean, I feel seen because I, I want to say I 'cause I think he's, so he's just on such a high pedestal.
- I really do believe that we have placed romantic love on the pedestal and the number one position podium of love.
- So this is really putting up on kind of a pedestal, isn't it?
Examples
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We tend to put gatekeepers on pedestals because we think they hold the power.
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I had placed him on a pedestal, and he raised me up to it.
Fiction book (2002) -
And I trust, trust me, that fall from grace high up from that pedestal is not going to feel good.
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Mary can step down from her pedestal and join us.
Academic text (2005) -
Your whole life, you put her on a pedestal.
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Anytime you place a person on a pedestal, they will fall from it.
Blog text (1) -
We have to take down this love-and-marriage ideal from its pedestal.
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Many fans tend to place their favorite celebrities on a pedestal, believing they can do no wrong.
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After winning the award, he felt like he was on a pedestal, admired by everyone around him.
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It's important to remember that everyone has flaws, even those we sometimes put on a pedestal.
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Compounds
How Admired
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pedestal originally meant the 'foot' or base of a statue, so when someone is put on a pedestal we imagine them raised up and admired like a statue standing on its base.