praise to the skies

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English

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Etymology

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From praise + to the skies (or sky) (“to the highest possible degree”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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praise to the skies (third-person singular simple present praises to the skies, present participle praising to the skies, simple past and past participle praised to the skies)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To praise or laud (someone or something) excessively.
    Synonym: praise to high heaven
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References

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  1. ^ “to the skies (also sky), phrase” under sky, n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2023; to the skies, phrase”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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