showed off

verb

Definition of showed offnext
past tense of show off
1
as in cut up
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior the athletes warmed up, happily showing off for the crowd before the match officially started

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2
as in displayed
to present so as to invite notice or attention she just wants to show off her new jewelry

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for showed off
  1. cut up
  2. exhibited
  3. showed
  4. unveiled
  5. exposed
  6. announced
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  • Contra Costa County Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority has asked its customers to cut up their trees and place them in the organics cart for a month-long effort to clean up Christmas trees.
    Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • At Dos Reales the process begins the night before when the pork and other ingredients are cut up and refrigerated overnight.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of cut up
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  • Images produced by Botto exhibited for sale at Sotheby’s New York in October 2024.
    Lucy Handley, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Prosecutors argued that the clip showed that the Bravo star’s behavior exhibited signs that she was intoxicated during the incident, per the outlet.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of exhibited
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  • Injury Concern Before Australian Open Osaka’s withdrawal came as a shock after the 27-year-old showed no signs of pain or problem in the 35-minute opening set.
    Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • More than 330 million people throughout the world suffer from depressive disorders, and a 2019 study showed that 7% of Americans reported moderate or severe symptoms of depression in the previous two weeks.
    Ronnie Cohen, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of showed
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  • At the Zhuhai Airshow, China unveiled the J-35A fifth-generation fighter jet and the J-15T fighter.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • On the safety front, the platform unveiled privacy improvements, including AI identification of young users who lie about their age to automatically switch them to stricter privacy settings.
    Ian Shepherd, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of unveiled
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  • For instance, investments exposed to multi-family properties experienced significant value declines when the Fed increased interest rates more rapidly than anticipated.
    Fred Hubler, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • When researchers exposed tardigrades to the extreme cold, or things like sugar, salt or hydrogen peroxide, the animals began to produce free radicals, or oxygen atoms with an extra electron.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of exposed
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  • In November, it was announced that Rod Stewart would be heading back to Glastonbury for the first time in 23 years to perform at the Teatime Legend slot in June 2025.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • That 10-year uptick was reported in a paper in 2023, while the American Association of Variable Star Observers announced T CrB’s pre-eruption dip in April 2024.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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showed off

showed (someone) the door

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