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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Palm trees, their bark blackened and their fronds singed, tower above the wreckage.
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Claire Fahy, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The star of this 0.18-acre property is the 70-year-old Guanacaste tree, whose branches and canopy tower over the home.
—Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The real estate value locked up in Macy’s retail locations is not a new discovery —investors and developers have long sought to build atop Macy’s Herald Square location, and Macy’s has proposed an office tower above the store.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn and Chris Isidore, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
Nugent-Hopkins is struggling alongside McDavid, with disappointing offensive output and a goal share that doesn’t tower over other options.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Claire Fahy, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The star of this 0.18-acre property is the 70-year-old Guanacaste tree, whose branches and canopy tower over the home.
—Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The real estate value locked up in Macy’s retail locations is not a new discovery —investors and developers have long sought to build atop Macy’s Herald Square location, and Macy’s has proposed an office tower above the store.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn and Chris Isidore, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
Nugent-Hopkins is struggling alongside McDavid, with disappointing offensive output and a goal share that doesn’t tower over other options.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Tower above/over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tower%20above%2Fover. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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