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housetop

[ hous-top ]

noun

  1. the top tops or roof of a house.


housetop

/ ˈ³ó²¹ÊŠ²õËŒ³ÙÉ’±è /

noun

  1. the roof of a house
  2. proclaim from the housetops
    to announce (something) publicly
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Origin of housetop1

First recorded in 1520–30; house + top 1
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. from the housetops, publicly; generally:

    The day I got my promotion I wanted to shout it from the housetops.

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Behind her, the townsfolk tussle and bicker; one man shares a bone with a dog; housetops collapse into the street.

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Above the black line of housetops the sky was warm crimson.

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Towering above the housetops and the trees of the town was the church tower.

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Joe Baker and his organization, SaveTheStorks.com, are shouting their stories from the housetops.

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He quoted from the Book of Luke: “That which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.â€

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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