āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
show off
/ĘËÉĘ ËÉf/
to show off
[phrase form: show]
01
āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ āĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to act in a way that is intended to impress others
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He was showing off by lifting the heaviest weights at the gym.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ āĻ
āĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to proudly display the positive qualities or attributes of something in order to showcase its best features
Transitive: to show off qualities of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The artist showed off his latest paintings at the gallery opening.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻ§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
