cover oneself in glory

verb

To make a good impression.

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Meanings

verbcover oneself in glory (third-person singular simple present covers oneself in glory, present participle covering oneself in glory, simple past and past participle covered oneself in glory)

present singular third person covers oneself in glory · participle present covering oneself in glory · participle past covered oneself in glory · past covered oneself in glory · alternative cover oneself with glory

  1. To make a good impression.

    The debate moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News, did not cover himself in glory either.

    2020 September 30, David Smith, “Donald Trump ensures first presidential debate is national humiliation”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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    Barack Obama, the World's Greatest Orator (™all news organisations), didn't exactly cover himself in glory when the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson asked him a question about who was to blame for the financial crisis.

    2009 April 2, John Crace, “The question that flummoxed the great orator”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Translations

German sich mit Ruhm bekleckern
  • sich mit Ruhm bekleckernTranslations
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MLA

“cover oneself in glory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cover%20oneself%20in%20glory. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cover oneself in glory,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cover%20oneself%20in%20glory.

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