stand on the shoulders of (English, verb)
expansion: stand on the shoulders of (third-person singular simple present stands on the shoulders of, present participle standing on the shoulders of, simple past and past participle stood on the shoulders of)
Senses:
glosses: To build on the previous works and gains of.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: stands on the shoulders of
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: standing on the shoulders of
tags: participle
present
form: stood on the shoulders of
tags: participle
past
form: stood on the shoulders of
tags: past