put on a pedestal

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on a pedestal, put

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Idioms and Phrases

see on a pedestal .

Example Sentences

It’s interesting to see a man who is put on a pedestal by the world being taken down to his inner child by the person who knows him the most.

From Los Angeles Times

We don't want to be put on a pedestal.

From Salon

I want to hear from the people that I put on a pedestal that they are hanging on by a thread.

From Los Angeles Times

"It is surely worth considering who we, quite literally, put on a pedestal and why," its director of policy, Alesha De-Freitas, told BBC News.

From BBC

Now she is being put on a pedestal and having candles and flowers and meals.

From Salon

Related Words

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