to trumpet one's achievements
- idiom
- /ˈtrʌmpɪt wʌnz əˈtʃivmənts/
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- At the awards dinner, he could not resist trumpeting his achievements to everyone present.
Examples
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She was accused of trumpeting her achievements at every opportunity she got.
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Some people prefer to stay humble instead of trumpeting their achievements in public.
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Don't trumpet your achievements too loudly!
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She loves to trumpet her achievements on social media.
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After winning the award, she couldn't resist trumpeting her achievements on social media.
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He always trumpets his accomplishments in meetings, eager to get recognition from his peers.
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During the celebration, they trumpeted their successes, sharing stories of how hard they worked.
Synonyms
191
2.7
To talk in a proud way about yourself or what you have
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3.1
To talk proudly about your achievements to impress people
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6.1
To praise or advertise something strongly to make people want it
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7.8
To say you are more important or successful than you really are
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7.5
To talk proudly about things you have done
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7.9
To brag in a way that annoys other people
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7.8
To talk proudly about your own abilities or achievements
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8.9
To talk proudly about your achievements to show off
To brag about what you have done
To talk too proudly about yourself or what you have done
Be unable to stop yourself from bragging about a success
Antonyms
How Boastful
Surface Forms
Morphology
trumpet + one + achievement
The meaning 'to boast publicly about one's successes' is directly derivable from combining 'trumpet' (used as a verb meaning to proclaim loudly) with 'one's achievements' — i.e. to loudly proclaim one's successes. This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common metaphor (announcing like an instrument) and follows clear compositional logic, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will likely understand it.
Etymology
Trumpet one's achievements comes from the image of a loud trumpet used by town criers to announce someone's achievements to the whole town. That's why it now means 'to boast' or 'to loudly tell others about your success'.