Tower head and shoulders above (someone or something) In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "tower head and shoulders above (someone or something)", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

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Meaning of Tower head and shoulders above (someone or something)

Variants:

stand head and shoulders above (someone or something)

Tower head and shoulders above (someone or something) verb phrase

Used to say that someone or something is much taller than someone or something else

Otis towers head and shoulders above his classmates.

Used to say that someone or something is far better than someone or something else

With good scholastic attainment, Jane towered head and shoulders above the other candidates.

Other phrases about:

head and shoulders above

At a much higher level than other people or things

lead the field/pack/world

To be better or more successful than other people, companies, or countries in a particular activity

streets ahead (of somebody/something)

Superior to someone or something else.

better than

To be more expert at something than others are.

beef up

If you say you beef something up, you mean that you improve, strengthen or make it more interesting. 

Grammar and Usage of Tower head and shoulders above (someone or something)

Verb Forms

  • tower head and shoulders above (someone or something else)
  • towers head and shoulders above (someone or something else)
  • towered head and shoulders above (someone or something else)
  • towering head and shoulders above (someone or something else)

The verb "tower" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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to rob the cradle
have a romantic or sexual relationship with or marry someone much younger than oneself.
Example: The middle aged man robbed the cradle with the teenager.
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