stand on the shoulders of giants (English, verb)
expansion: stand on the shoulders of giants (third-person singular simple present stands on the shoulders of giants, present participle standing on the shoulders of giants, simple past and past participle stood on the shoulders of giants)
Senses:
glosses: To build on the discoveries of others before one.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
Forms:
form: stands on the shoulders of giants
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: standing on the shoulders of giants
tags: participle
present
form: stood on the shoulders of giants
tags: participle
past
form: stood on the shoulders of giants
tags: past