show off

Meaning

1. Oxford76% of films

   to try to impress others by talking about your abilities, possessions, etc.

   It's like I'm trying to show off to her.

2. Oxford12% of films

   to show people sb / sth that you are proud of

3. Oxford6% of films

   to make sb look attractive, by showing their best features

In the movies · 30

• Oh, now you're just showing off.The Dark Knight Rises2012
• It's like I'm trying to show off to her.Swingers1996
• I showed off a little, you know.The Shop Around the Corner1940
• You can show off.X-Men: First Class2011
• Just trying to show off.Where the Crawdads Sing2022
• Nobody likes a show-off, Eric.Breach2007
• No one likes a show-off.The Suicide Squad2021
• You can't show off like that at school.Gifted2017

Learn it in full scenes

• Swingers1996
  • Rob Explains the No-Call Rule
  • Trent Talks Mike Into Vegas
  • Trent Schools Mike in Vegas
• The Shop Around the Corner1940
  • Morning Gossip at Matuschek's
  • The Anonymous Letter From Box 237
  • Matuschek's Singing Cigarette Box
• Breach2007
  • Eric Is Assigned to Watch Hanssen
  • Kate Recruits Eric to Spy on Hanssen
  • Hanssen Interrogates His New Assistant

From the same entry

• it goes to show
• show the door
• show your face
• show your hand
• show who's boss
• show the way
• show willing
• something, nothing, to show for
• fly the flag
• go through your paces
• show the ropes
• show around

More phrasal verbs

• sign up
• speed up
• come back to
• turn around
• give in
• cheer up
• move in
• set off
• watch out for
• look up to
• check out
• think of