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show off
verb as in flaunt; brag
Strong match
Weak matches
advertise, boast, brandish, demonstrate, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, hand a line, hotdog, make a spectacle of, parade, spread out, swagger, trot out
Example Sentences
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".
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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