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look to one's laurels Fig. to take care not to lower or diminish one's reputation or position, especially in relation to that of someone else potentially better. With the arrival of the new member of the football team, James will have to look to his laurels to remain as the highest scorer. The older members of the team will have to look to their laurels when the new players arrive. See also: look rest on one's laurels Fig. to stop trying because one is satisfied with one's past achievements. Despite our success, this is no time to rest on our laurels. We rested on our laurels too long. Our competitors took away a lot of our business. See also: rest look to your laurels to make an extra effort to succeed because there is more competition Nowadays there are a number of rival products on the market and the older, established companies are having to look to their laurels. See also: look rest on your laurels to be so satisfied with your own achievements that you make no effort to improve Just because you passed all your exams, that's no reason to rest on your laurels. See also: rest rest on your laurels to be so satisfied with your achievements that you make no effort to improve Even though you did well on all your exams, you can't simply rest on your laurels. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of laurels (a ring of leaves worn on the head in ancient times as a symbol of victory) See also: rest How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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These were followed by the perforated series Napoleon laurelled and nonlaurelled, Ceres, Sage, and Commerce (Y&T 1871-1872:7-8; French Colonies Scott 7-15) and a few years latter the series Balay, Faidherbe, and Palm Trees (Y&T 1906-1908:1-17; French Colonies Scott 21-36) were added. Advanced GET has been laurelled as the Best Stocks and Best Futures trading system for more than a decade by the readers of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities Magazine. |
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