showing+off

  • 1showing off — Synonyms and related words: blazon, bravura, brilliancy, daring, dash, demonstration, display, dramatics, eclat, etalage, exhibition, exhibitionism, false front, fanfaronade, figure, flair, flaunt, flaunting, flourish, histrionics, manifestation …

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  • 2showing off — boasting, flaunting …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 3showing-off — n boasting, self advertisement, bragging, exhibitionism, braggadocio, swagger, egotism, peacockery FORMAL vainglory COLLOQ. swank ≠ modesty …

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  • 4off (your) guard — phrase not thinking about something, so that you might say or do something that you did not intend to catch/​take someone off (their) guard (=surprise someone): ‘Why on earth did you tell him that?’ ‘He caught me off guard!’ Thesaurus: not… …

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  • 5Showing Up — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename= Showing Up caption= sire= Strategic Mission grandsire= Mr. Prospector dam= Miss Alethia damsire= T.V. Commercial sex= Stallion foaled= 2003 country= United States flagicon|USA colour= Chestnut breeder=… …

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  • 6off-hand — also off hand 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ (disapproval) If you say that someone is being off hand, you are critical of them for being unfriendly or impolite, and not showing any interest in what other people are doing or saying. He lapsed into… …

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  • 7off the beat — phrasal or off beat : out of tempo : showing irregularity : off the beam …

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  • 8Showing — 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

  • 9show 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]… …

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  • 10show 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… …

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