pale beside

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pale beside someone or something

Fig. to appear to be weak or unimportant when compared to someone or something. He is competent, but he pales beside Fran. My meager effort pales beside your masterpiece.

See also: beside, pale

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But all of them pale beside the towering title track which somehow makes a drama out of a minor key change and emerges as one of the songs of the year. EMILY MAGUIRE Believer (Shaktu) w [...] by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) My experiences pale beside his, I'm grateful for the inspiration he provided and the spirit he imbued in his family. Inspirational man that set me on racing road; Marie McCabe, wife of ... by The Racing Post (London, England) The bad news, as Time notes, is that "whatever long-run deficits [are] project[ed] for Social Security will pale beside those expected for sister program Medicare" So long, surplus: Social Security unstimulated by Doherty, Brian / Reason			pain in the neck paint paint a [bleak etc.] picture of paint a picture paint in paint into a corner paint on paint onto paint out paint over paint the town paint the town red paint with the same brush painted painting pair pair off pair up pal pal around pal up pale pale around the gills pale as a ghost pale at pale beside pale by comparison pale in comparison pall pally palm palm off palsy-walsy pan pan across to pan for pan out pan over pancake pander to pandora panic panic at panic by panic stations pant pant for pant for air pant out paper paper over			PALCA PALCAN PALCD PALCI Palco PALCON PALCS PALCTS PALCUS PALD paldao Paldiski PALDS pale pale pale pale pale pale Pale (jurisdiction) Pale (jurisdiction) Pale (jurisdiction) Pale (jurisdiction) pale ale pale ale PALE ALES pale around the gills pale as a ghost pale as death pale at pale beside Pale Blue Pale Blue Pale Blue pale brick Pale brown Pale brown Pale brown pale by comparison pale catechu Pale Cell Acanthoma pale chrysanthemum aphid pale coral root Pale gray-asparagus pale horse pale in comparison pale infarct pale into insignificance Pale lager Pale lager pale laurel pale laurel pale laurel pale laurel Pale magenta Pale magenta Pale magenta Pale Martin Pale Martin Pale mauve Pale mauve

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