celebrate for an accomplishment

celebrate someone for an accomplishment

to honor someone for having done something. The people celebrated the astronaut for a successful journey. She was celebrated widely for her discovery.
See also: celebrate
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • win one for the Gipper
  • accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
  • accompany on a journey
  • Gipper
  • one for the Gipper
  • the eagle has landed
  • favorite
  • favorite daughter
  • favourite
  • dream of (someone or something)