Meanings
verbshow away (third-person singular simple present shows away, present participle showing away, simple past showed away, past participle shown away)
present singular third person shows away · participle present showing away · past showed away · participle past shown away
- archaicTo show off.First known use 18th c.
I behaved with sense and propriety, & did not attempt at all to show away […].
1763, James Boswell, edited by Gordon Turnbull, London Journal 1762-1763, Penguin, published 2014, page 260Synonyms: ostentate, showboat, swagger, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round
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