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Phrase(s): tower head and shoulders above someone or something
1. Lit. [for someone] to stand much taller than someone or something. (Often used in exaggeration.) • Bob towers head and shoulders above both his parents. • The boys towered head and shoulders above the walls of the maze. They found their way around easily. 2. Fig. to be far superior to someone or a group. • The new vice president towers head and shoulders above the old one. • The chairman towered head and shoulders above the rest of the committee.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs