tower above/over
phrasal verb
towered above/over; towering above/over; towers above/over
1
: to be much taller than (someone or something)
He towers over his sister.
The two skyscrapers tower above the other buildings of the city.
2
: to be much better or more important than (someone or something)
Her intellect towers above/over ours.
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Nugent-Hopkins is struggling alongside McDavid, with disappointing offensive output and a goal share that doesn’t tower over other options.
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Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
But dozens of residents — many of whom have lived in the single-family residential neighborhood that abuts the property for several years — spoke out against the proposal due to traffic, safety and parking concerns, as well as the sheer size of the structures that would tower over their homes.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
Breakfast is served on the 3rd floor at The Gabriel Miami, while guests and owners from the condos, which tower above the hotel, congregate nightly at the ground floor restaurant G Bar.
—Essence, 6 Dec. 2024
Yu, who lives across an alley from the site, objects because the building would tower over her end-of-group home in closer proximity to existing buildings, blocking sunlight and air, her attorney, John C. Murphy, said during a two-hour court hearing before Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
But dozens of residents — many of whom have lived in the single-family residential neighborhood that abuts the property for several years — spoke out against the proposal due to traffic, safety and parking concerns, as well as the sheer size of the structures that would tower over their homes.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
Breakfast is served on the 3rd floor at The Gabriel Miami, while guests and owners from the condos, which tower above the hotel, congregate nightly at the ground floor restaurant G Bar.
—Essence, 6 Dec. 2024
Yu, who lives across an alley from the site, objects because the building would tower over her end-of-group home in closer proximity to existing buildings, blocking sunlight and air, her attorney, John C. Murphy, said during a two-hour court hearing before Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Tower above/over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tower%20above%2Fover. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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