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Phrase(s): crown someone with something
1. Lit. to place a crown on someone’s head. • They crowned the prince with the heavily jeweled royal crown. 2. Fig. to strike someone on the head with something. • She crowned him with a skillet. • The carpenter crowned himself with a board he knocked loose., Phrase(s): crown something with something
Fig. to place something on the very top of something. (As if crowning royalty.) • The chef crowned the cake with golden icing.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs