head and shoulders

Adverb

Meaning

(idiomatic) To a considerable degree.
She was head and shoulders better than any of her rivals.
He was head and shoulders above the others in the law firm.

By force; violently.
to drag somebody head and shoulders

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

carving effigy far and away

Examples

"3.9 mosquito noise: Form of edge busyness distortion sometimes associated with movement, characterized by moving artifacts and/or blotchy noise patterns superimposed over the objects (resembling a mosquito flying around a person's head and shoulders)." Source: Internet

Although it's a tough call, but The President's most popular made-up word to date has been the record-breaking covfefe, but 'Little Pimp' is head and shoulders above Tim Apple. Source: Internet

But when you look their profiles, they are not head and shoulders better than that of Rohr. Source: Internet

According to Angie Koepke, who served as the chairman of the police advisory committee, Helton scored head and shoulders above the other candidates. Source: Internet

In a game pitting one former MVP against another (), it was Mahomes who stood head and shoulders above the competition, able to pick apart a defense that had previously led the league—albeit through only two games—in nearly every meaningful metric. Source: Internet

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein 's 1802 head and shoulders portrait of the giant (Landesmuseum Oldenburg). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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