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cover oneself with glory

cover oneself with glory is the alternative form of cover oneself in glory.

Meaning of cover oneself in glory

Verb

cover oneself in glory (third-person singular simple present covers oneself in glory, present participle covering oneself in glory, simple past and past participle covered oneself in glory)

  1. To make a good impression.
    • Barack Obama, the World's Greatest Orator (™all news organisations), didn't exactly cover himself in glory when the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson asked him a question about who was to blame for the financial crisis.2009 April 2, John Crace, “The question that flummoxed the great orator”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of cover oneself with glory

third-person singular presentcovers oneself with glory
present participlecovering oneself with glory
past participlecovered oneself with glory
pastcovered oneself with glory

Questions about cover oneself with glory

What is cover oneself with glory the alternative form of?
Cover oneself with glory is the alternative form of cover oneself in glory.

Words near cover oneself with glory in the dictionary

  1. cover one's back
  2. cover one's bases
  3. cover one's feet
  4. cover one's tracks
  5. cover oneself in glory
  6. cover oneself with glory
  7. cover page
  8. cover pages
  9. cover point
  10. cover points
  11. cover price

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