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blow one's own trumpet

blow one's own trumpet verb: to praise oneself.

Verb

blow one's own trumpet (third-person singular simple present blows one's own trumpet, present participle blowing one's own trumpet, simple past blew one's own trumpet, past participle blown one's own trumpet)

  1. (Commonwealth, UK, idiomatic) To praise oneself.

Synonyms of blow one's own trumpet

Forms of blow one's own trumpet

third-person singular presentblows one's own trumpet
present participleblowing one's own trumpet
pastblew one's own trumpet
past participleblown one's own trumpet

Questions about blow one's own trumpet

What does blow one's own trumpet mean?
Blow one's own trumpet means to praise oneself.
What part of speech is blow one's own trumpet?
Blow one's own trumpet is a verb.
What is the past tense of blow one's own trumpet?
The past tense of blow one's own trumpet is blew one's own trumpet.

Words near blow one's own trumpet in the dictionary

  1. blow one's cork
  2. blow one's lid
  3. blow one's load
  4. blow one's nose
  5. blow one's own horn
  6. blow one's own trumpet
  7. blow one's stack
  8. blow one's top
  9. blow one's wad
  10. blow one's wig
  11. blow out

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