crow over

Idioms and Phrases

Exult loudly about, especially over someone's defeat. For example, In most sports it's considered bad manners to crow over your opponent . This term alludes to the cock's loud crow. [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

Castle eyed Scattergood venomously, found him a hard man to crow over.

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He would crow over it; and if we offered a reward, maybe we would get the eggs back.

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"Oh, yes, you can crow over me now," she shouted shrilly above the buzz of comment and suggestion.

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Even the vindictive Cairns ceased for a time to crow over so abject an adversary in so bitter an hour.

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This marks the superiority of the crow over birds it often resembles in its actions.

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