look to one's laurels — To make sure that your reputation is not spoiled; protect your good name; keep your record from being beaten by others. * /Tom won the broad jump, but he had to look to his laurels./ * /Look to your laurels, Joan. Betty says she is going to run… … Dictionary of American idioms
look to one's laurels — To make sure that your reputation is not spoiled; protect your good name; keep your record from being beaten by others. * /Tom won the broad jump, but he had to look to his laurels./ * /Look to your laurels, Joan. Betty says she is going to run… … Dictionary of American idioms
look to one's laurels — To be careful not to lose one s pre eminent position • • • Main Entry: ↑laurel * * * be careful not to lose one s superior position to a rival … Useful english dictionary
look to one's laurels — ► look to one s laurels be careful not to lose one s superior position to a rival. Main Entry: ↑laurel … English terms dictionary
look to one's laurels — idi look to one s laurels, to be on guard against rivals … From formal English to slang
look to one's laurels — be careful not to lose one s superior position to a rival. → laurel … English new terms dictionary
laurel — ► NOUN 1) an aromatic evergreen shrub or small tree with dark green glossy leaves. 2) historical a bay tree. 3) (laurels) a crown woven from bay leaves and awarded as an emblem of victory or mark of honour in classical times. 4) (laurels) honour… … English terms dictionary
laurel — /lawr euhl, lor /, n., v., laureled, laureling or (esp. Brit.) laurelled, laurelling. n. 1. Also called bay, sweet bay. a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis, of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves. Cf. laurel family. 2 … Universalium
laurel — noun 1》 an aromatic evergreen shrub or small tree with dark green glossy leaves. [Laurus and other genera, family Lauraceae.] 2》 (laurels) a crown woven from the foliage of the bay tree and awarded as an emblem of victory or mark of honour in… … English new terms dictionary
laurel — lau•rel [[t]ˈlɔr əl, ˈlɒr [/t]] n. v. reled, rel•ing (esp. brit.) relled, rel•ling. 1) pln Also called bay IV, 1) sweet bay a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves. 2) pln any tree of … From formal English to slang