- look to your laurels
- to work hard in order to prevent someone from being more successful than you
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look to your laurels — phrase to work hard in order to prevent someone from being more successful than you Thesaurus: to work hardsynonym Main entry: laurel * * * look to your laurels chiefly Brit : to work in order to keep your success or position If she performs this … Useful english dictionary
look to your laurels — 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 … New idioms dictionary
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 laurels — 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 … New idioms dictionary
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 against… … Словарь американских идиом
lau·rel — /ˈlorəl/ noun, pl rels 1 [count, noncount] : an evergreen tree or bush with shiny pointed leaves laurel leaves wearing a crown/wreath of laurel [=a crown/wreath made from laurel leaves that was awarded and worn around the head as a symbol of… … Useful english dictionary
laurel — laur|el [ˈlɔrəl US ˈlo: , ˈla: ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: lorier, from lor laurel , from Latin laurus] 1.) [U and C] a small tree with smooth shiny dark green leaves that do not fall in winter 2.) rest/sit on your laurels to be… … Dictionary of contemporary English
laurel — UK [ˈlɒrəl] / US [ˈlɔrəl] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms laurel : singular laurel plural laurels a small tree with shiny dark green leaves that do not fall off in winter • look to your laurels rest on your laurels … English dictionary
laurel — noun 1 (C, U) a small tree with smooth shiny dark green leaves that do not fall in winter 2 rest/sit on your laurels to be satisfied with what you have achieved and therefore stop trying to achieve anything new 3 look to your laurels to work hard … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
