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show off

Definition for show off

verb as in flaunt; brag

noun as in person who brags

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Charlie says he doesn't want to be seen as a show-off, so when asked about himself volunteers "something else a bit more boring".

From BBC

As a child, he would sometimes talk to this star, but only when he was his most serious, real self, and not being any sort of a show-off or clown.

What for other dancers might be show-off steps are integrated into a poetic vision, a different way of being.

As a child she loved to perform — she recalled herself as “a shameful show-off” — but she never considered an acting career.

“It’s a little bit of a show-off song, but people also like to sing along to the chorus because it’s very simple,” she said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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