to flash around
- phrasal verb
- Informal
:
presumir
- Oh, would that be the stash that you were flashing around last night?
Examples
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They were known to flash around their wealth during charity events.
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He loves to flash around his new sports car to impress his friends.
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At the party, she decided to flash around her designer handbag to show off.
Synonyms
216
3.2
To act proudly to get attention or praise
191
2.7
To talk in a proud way about yourself or what you have
62
5.7
To show something in a very obvious way to get attention
53
4.9
To show something you own to get people's attention
47
3.9
To walk or behave to show off and attract attention
28
7.5
To wave a weapon to threaten or frighten someone
28
4.8
To walk proudly with lively steps to get attention
12
7.7
To show off something to impress other people, often on social media
5
4.9
To wave something in a dramatic way to attract attention
3
8.9
To show off expensive things to get attention
1
7.5
Act in a flashy way to get attention
1
8.8
To do something showy to impress or excite people
1
9.9
Act in a showy way to impress people
1
8.3
To show off your clothes or things to seem important
1
7.5
To behave so others notice you in an embarrassing way
To act in a dramatic way to get attention
Act in a proud, showy way
To try to impress people by showing off or being charming
Behaving in a showy, confident way to impress people
To talk about yourself to show you are more important
Act in a loud way to get attention and impress people
Antonyms
How Showy
62
5.7
- Informal
- Informal
216
3.2
47
3.9
196
2.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
flash + around
The meaning 'to spread or circulate quickly' is directly inferable from combining 'flash' (to display or show briefly/quickly) with 'around' (to many people/places); a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably derive that something is being shown or sent widely and rapidly. The verb + 'around' construction commonly signals distribution in English, so the expression follows standard compositional patterns and is therefore transparent.
Etymology
Flash around may come from the image of someone making a quick bright flash with a watch or piece of jewellery and turning it around so everyone can see it. That's why it means 'to show off'.