LOOK TO ONE'S LAURELS Definition & Meaning

look to one's laurels

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Protect one's preeminent reputation or position, especially against a threat of being surpassed. For example, Your opponent's done very well in the practice, so you'd better look to your laurels in the actual game . This idiom alludes to laurels as the traditional material for making a victor's crown. [Late 1800s]

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look to one's laurels

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