show sth/sb off
— phrasal verb with show uk/ʃəʊ/us/ʃoʊ/verb showed, shown
to show something or someone you are proud of to other people, so that they will admire it, him, or her:
She likes to wear short skirts to show off her legs.
More examples
- She likes to show off her collection of porcelain cats.
- That tight dress really shows off her figure.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off
- bravura
- dressed
- exhibitionist
- flamboyant
- flash sth around
- grandstander
- hot dog! idiom
- ostentatious
- parade
- play to the gallery idiom
- push
- razzmatazz
- showman
- slut
- splashy
- streaker
- strut
- swanky
- tarty
- theatre
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