make a show off

make a show off
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  • show off — [v] flaunt; brag advertise, boast, brandish, demonstrate, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash*, hand a line*, make a spectacle of, parade, spread out, swagger, trot out*; concepts 49,261 Ant. be modest, cower, shy away …   New thesaurus

  • show off — verb display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously (Freq. 4) he showed off his new sports car • Syn: ↑flaunt, ↑flash, ↑ostentate, ↑swank • Derivationally related forms: ↑ostentation …   Useful english dictionary

  • show off — phrasal verb Word forms show off : present tense I/you/we/they show off he/she/it shows off present participle showing off past tense showed off past participle shown off 1) [intransitive] showing disapproval to behave in a way that is intended… …   English dictionary

  • show off — 1) PHRASAL VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone is showing off, you are criticizing them for trying to impress people by showing in a very obvious way what they can do or what they own. [V P] All right, there s no need to show off... [V P]… …   English dictionary

  • show off — 1. (Active.) Exhibit (ostentatiously), display, make a parade of, set off. 2. (Neuter.) Make a show, display one s self, put on airs …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • To show off — Show Show, v. t. [imp. {Showed}; p. p. {Shown}or {Showed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Showing}. It is sometimes written {shew}, {shewed}, {shewn}, {shewing}.] [OE. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, AS. sce[ a]wian, to look, see, view; akin to OS. scaw?n,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To show off — Show Show, v. i. [Written also shew.] 1. To exhibit or manifest one s self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem. [1913 Webster] Just such she shows before a rising storm. Dryden. [1913 Webster] All round a hedge upshoots,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ˌshow ˈoff — phrasal verb showing disapproval to behave in a way that is intended to attract people s attention and make them admire you The children start showing off the minute anyone comes into the house.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • show off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. brag, swagger, make a spectacle of oneself; see boast 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. *hotdog, brag, swagger, strut, peacock, *showboat, *grandstand, flaunt, *strut one s stuff …   English dictionary for students

  • Off the Ropes — Format Professional wrestling Created by KPW Starring …   Wikipedia

  • show — [shō] vt. showed, shown or showed, showing [ME schewen < OE sceawian, akin to Ger schauen, to look at < IE base * (s)keu , to notice, heed > L cavere, to beware, OE hieran, to HEAR] 1. to bring or put in sight or view; cause or allow to… …   English World dictionary

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