Usually means: Admire someone excessively, unrealistically high.
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  1. put on a pedestal: Merriam-Webster
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  3. put on a pedestal: Dictionary.com

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verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To hold in very high esteem, especially to an exaggerated degree.

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