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show off

• display someone or something that is a source of pride.
• "her jeans were tight-fitting, showing off her compact figure"
Similar: display, show to advantage, exhibit, demonstrate, parade, make a show of, draw attention to, flaunt, wave, dangle, brandish, vaunt,
• boastfully display one's abilities or accomplishments.
• "he was showing off, trying to make a really big impression"
Similar: behave affectedly, put on airs, put on an act, give oneself airs, boast, brag, crow, trumpet, gloat, glory, swagger around, swank, bluster, strut, strike an attitude, strike a pose, posture, attitudinize, draw attention to oneself, blow one's own trumpet, cop an attitude, skite, big-note oneself,

show-off noun

• a person who acts pretentiously or who publicly parades themselves, their possessions, or their accomplishments.
Similar: exhibitionist, extrovert, poser, poseur, poseuse, peacock, swaggerer, egotist, bragger, braggart, boaster, self-publicist, pseud, trendy, swanker, blowhard, attitudinizer, posturer,


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