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head and shoulders above



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Idioms and Phrases

Greatly superior to, as in This book is head and shoulders above her first one . This expression transfers physical stature to other kinds of status. [Mid-1800s]
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Example Sentences

The man, who was now head-and-shoulders above the roof top, was Whipple, the most desperate member of the gang.

And your sermon was so head-and-shoulders above all the others!

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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