place on a pedestal
place on a pedestal is the alternative form of put on a pedestal.
Meaning of put on a pedestal
Verb
put on a pedestal (third-person singular simple present puts on a pedestal, present participle putting on a pedestal, simple past and past participle put on a pedestal)
- To hold in very high esteem, especially to an exaggerated degree.
- A group of young literary men—and one or two women—put him on a pedestal and kissed the earth before it.1905, Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, “The Bell in the Fog”, in The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories
Forms of place on a pedestal
| third-person singular present | places on a pedestal |
|---|---|
| present participle | placing on a pedestal |
| past participle | placed on a pedestal |
| past | placed on a pedestal |
Questions about place on a pedestal
- What is place on a pedestal the alternative form of?
- Place on a pedestal is the alternative form of put on a pedestal.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: place on a pedestal (page history and authors); put on a pedestal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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