to blow
- verb
- /bloʊ/
- Informal
- I don't usually like to blow my own horn, but I did achieve a lot this year.
So I'm not just I'm not just I don't like blowing my own trumpet.
- So I'm not just I'm not just I don't like blowing my own trumpet.
Examples
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She loves to blow about her accomplishments during her presentations.
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All in all, please blow your own strengths.
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I hate to blow my own horn.
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Not that she was ever one to blow her own trumpet, but he could see it in her eyes.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Well, hell, I don't like to blow my own trumpet --"
Fiction book (1996) -
Okay, Diane, I think you're blowing this out of proportion.
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When he starts to blow about his new car, I can hardly get a word in.
Synonyms
To talk in a proud way about yourself or what you have
To talk proudly about your achievements to impress people
To praise or advertise something strongly to make people want it
To say you are more important or successful than you really are
To speak loudly to try to impress or scare others while having little effect
To act or speak in a proud, boastful way
To talk proudly about your own abilities or achievements
To talk proudly about your achievements to show off
To act as if you are better than other people
To say proud things to make yourself seem better than you are
To talk too proudly about yourself or what you have done
To talk about yourself to show you are more important
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To leave a place quickly because you do not want to be there
- Offensive
Informal and rude way to use up all your energy or resources at once
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To not attend or take part in something you should, often to do something else instead
- Informal
Do something active, like go for a run, to feel less angry or stressed
To touch your lips with one hand then move that hand toward someone to show love
To make a small round pocket of air in soapy water by puffing with your mouth
- Informal
A plan or action that fails suddenly and causes big problems for the person who planned it
- Informal
Make someone have bad back pain from lifting something heavy
Compounds
A large fly with a shiny blue-green body that lays eggs on dead animals and in wounds
- Specialized
A machine that makes hollow plastic items like bottles by heating plastic and using air to shape it
- Specialized
A machine that makes hollow plastic items like bottles by using air to push heated plastic into a mold
How Boastful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The informal verb blow meaning 'to boast' comes from the idea of sounding a horn: to 'blow your own horn' makes noise to show off. So when someone 'blows' about their success, they make a loud display like a horn blast.