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idiomput/place sb on a pedestalto behave to someone and talk about them as if they were perfect, instead of treating them like an ordinary person:I think we've always put the Royal Family on a pedestal, and never asked what they actually do to earn all the money they have.In the traditional culture a woman was either placed on a pedestal or despised - she was better or worse than men, but never their equal.
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