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单词 plume oneself
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plume oneself


Congratulate oneself, boast, as in He plumed himself on his victory. This idiom transfers the bird's habit of dressing its feathers to human self-satisfaction. [First half of 1600s]

Words nearby plume oneself

plum duff, plume, plumed, plumelet, plume moth, plume oneself, plummer block, Plummer-Vinson syndrome, plummet, plummy, plumose
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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