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Crow over
//ˌkɹəʊ ˈəʊvə(ɹ)// verb
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Verb
- 1 To triumph over (someone). transitive
"[They are] inferiors to the ministers of the word, as our aduersaries doe confesse, and is plaine also by the cannon lawe they crow ouer them as if they wer their slaues."
- 2 To gloat over (a triumph, an opponent's defeat, someone else's misfortune).
"The cock frightened me, like some overpowering angel in the Apocalypse. He seemed crowing over the fall of wicked Babylon, or crowing over the triumph of righteous Joshua in the vale of Askelon."
Etymology
crow (“to speak in exultation, exult loudly, boast; swagger”) + over.
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