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sleeping giants

sleeping giants is the plural of sleeping giant.

Meaning of sleeping giant

Noun

sleeping giant (plural sleeping giants)

  1. (idiomatic) Someone or something with great, latent strength.
    • There is a sleeping giant in education that is just beginning to awaken.1926 June, C.E. Mahaffey, “The Sleeping Giant in Education”, in The Educational Screen, volume 5, page 335

Questions about sleeping giants

What is sleeping giants the plural of?
Sleeping giants is the plural of sleeping giant.

Words near sleeping giants in the dictionary

  1. sleeping dragons
  2. sleeping draught
  3. sleeping draughts
  4. sleeping funny
  5. sleeping giant
  6. sleeping giants
  7. sleeping in
  8. sleeping in heavenly peace
  9. sleeping it out
  10. sleeping language
  11. sleeping languages

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