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covered oneself in glory

covered oneself in glory is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about covered oneself in glory

What is covered oneself in glory the simple past and past participle of?
Covered oneself in glory is the simple past and past participle of cover oneself in glory.

Words near covered oneself in glory in the dictionary

  1. covered ground
  2. covered one's back
  3. covered one's bases
  4. covered one's feet
  5. covered one's tracks
  6. covered oneself in glory
  7. covered shorts
  8. covered someone's ass
  9. covered the buckle
  10. covered the waterfront
  11. covered up

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