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set on a pedestal

set 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)

  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

Forms of set on a pedestal

third-person singular presentsets on a pedestal
present participlesetting on a pedestal
past participleset on a pedestal
pastset on a pedestal

Questions about set on a pedestal

What is set on a pedestal the alternative form of?
Set on a pedestal is the alternative form of put on a pedestal.

Words near set on a pedestal in the dictionary

  1. set of one's jaw
  2. set of pipes
  3. set of wheels
  4. set off
  5. set on
  6. set on a pedestal
  7. set on fire
  8. set on foot
  9. set one's affairs in order
  10. set one's cap at
  11. set one's face against

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Adapted from Wiktionary: set 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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