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putting on a pedestal

putting on a pedestal is the present participle and gerund 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)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) 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

Questions about putting on a pedestal

What is putting on a pedestal the present participle and gerund of?
Putting on a pedestal is the present participle and gerund of put on a pedestal.

Words near putting on a pedestal in the dictionary

  1. putting new wine in old bottles
  2. putting off
  3. putting on
  4. putting on a brave face
  5. putting on a clinic
  6. putting on a pedestal
  7. putting on airs
  8. putting on frills
  9. putting on one's dancing shoes
  10. putting on one's own oxygen mask first
  11. putting on one's oxygen mask first

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