to rest on one's laurels

Definition of to rest on one's laurels

to be content with one's past achievements and not strive to continue to excel; as, he didn't rest on his laurels after receiving the Nobel Prize, but went on to made even more significant discoveries.

See also: laurels

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To reckon with
To record a deed
To rectify a globe
To redeem the time
To reduce a square
To reduce an equation
To reduce an expression
To reef the paddles
To refer one's self
To refresh the memory
To regulate a watch
To rein in
To relate one's self
To renounce probate
To repeat one's self
To repeat signals
To report one's self
To repossess one's self of
To resolve a nebula
To respect the person
-to rest on one's laurels-
To rest with
To return a lead
To return to one's muttons
To reverse an engine
To revert a series
To rib land
To ride a hobby
To ride a portoise
To ride and tie
To ride down
To ride easy
To ride hard
To ride out
To ride post
To ride roughshod
To ride shank's mare
to ride the lightning
To ride the stang
To ride to hounds
To rig a purchase
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