rest on laurels

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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: laurel, rest

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Blues will not rest on laurels VERDICT MOURINHO the Magnificent hinted at leaving as last season dragged on, but where would he have gone? Football: PREMIERSHIP TEAM-BY-TEAM GUIDE by The Racing Post (London, England) He has led Northumbria impressively and recognises there is no time to rest on laurels. Focus on crime fight by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) com GREED, INC: WHY CORPORATIONS RULE OUR WORLD asks some hard questions about major corporations and ethical direction, considering how information is falsified and how the modern corporation seems to often rest on laurels of greed. Greed, Inc by California Bookwatch			resign from resign oneself to resistance resonate with resort resort to resound resound through resound with respect respect as respect for respond to response responsible responsible party rest rest against rest assured rest from rest in rest in peace rest is gravy rest is history rest on rest on laurels rest on your laurels rest up rest with restore restore to restore trust in restrain from restrict to result result from result in resurrect from retail retail at retail for retail to retain over retaliate against retire retire from retire on retire to retool for retreat retrieve			rest occlusion rest occlusion rest occlusion rest occlusion Rest of Africa Rest of Bill of Materials Rest of Board Rest of Canada Rest of Caribbean Rest of Europe Rest of Latin America Rest of North America Rest of Route Unchanged Rest of South East Rest Of The Afternoon Off Rest of the world Rest of Virginia Rest of Virginia Rest of Virginia Rest of Virginia Rest of world rest on rest on rest on rest on rest on rest on rest on (one's) laurels rest on (one's) laurels rest on (one's) laurels rest on laurels rest on your laurels rest pain rest pain rest pain rest pain rest pain Rest pause rest period rest period rest point rest position rest position rest position rest position rest position rest position rest potential rest relation rest relation rest relation rest relation rest relation Rest room Rest room Rest room Rest room Rest room rest seat rest seat rest seat

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