to rest on one's laurels

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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

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Once significant change is achieved, it's okay to rest on one's laurels as long as the healthy behavior is continued at some level.

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To reach after
To read between the lines
To read one's self in
To reckon for
To reckon on
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
To rig a ship
To rig the capstan
To rig the market
To right a vessel
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To Reach Urban Communities Everywhere
To Read and Understand Science Together and Independently
To read between the lines
To read between the lines
To read one's self in
to read someone like an open book
to read the riot act
To reckon for
To reckon on
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 reinvent the wheel
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 for a fall
To ride hard
to ride hell for leather
to ride herd on
to ride off into the sunset
to ride one's hobbyhorse
To ride out
To ride post
To ride roughshod
to ride roughshod over
To ride shank's mare
to ride the lightning
To ride the stang
To ride to hounds
To rig a purchase
To rig a ship
To rig the capstan
To rig the market
To right a vessel
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