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covering oneself in glory

covering oneself in glory is the present participle and gerund 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 covering oneself in glory

What is covering oneself in glory the present participle and gerund of?
Covering oneself in glory is the present participle and gerund of cover oneself in glory.

Words near covering oneself in glory in the dictionary

  1. covering numbers
  2. covering one's back
  3. covering one's bases
  4. covering one's feet
  5. covering one's tracks
  6. covering oneself in glory
  7. covering shorts
  8. covering sickness
  9. covering someone's ass
  10. covering space
  11. covering spaces

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