"reign supreme" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: reigns supreme [present, singular, third-person], reigning supreme [participle, present], reigned supreme [participle, past], reigned supreme [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} reign supreme (third-person singular simple present reigns supreme, present participle reigning supreme, simple past and past participle reigned supreme)
  1. (idiomatic) To be the most important or most prevalent. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-reign_supreme-en-verb-YbFff9t6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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