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flash around

flash around verb: to make an ostentatious show of; to show to everybody in a boastful manner.

Verb

flash around (third-person singular simple present flashes around, present participle flashing around, simple past and past participle flashed around)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To make an ostentatious show of; to show to everybody in a boastful manner.
    • to flash one's money around
    Synonyms:
    flaunt

Synonyms of flash around

Forms of flash around

third-person singular presentflashes around
present participleflashing around
past participleflashed around
pastflashed around

Questions about flash around

What does flash around mean?
Flash around means to make an ostentatious show of; to show to everybody in a boastful manner.
What part of speech is flash around?
Flash around is a verb.
What is the past tense of flash around?
The past tense of flash around is flashed around.

Words near flash around in the dictionary

  1. Flasby
  2. Flasby with Winterburn
  3. flaser
  4. flasers
  5. flash
  6. flash around
  7. flash back
  8. flash bang
  9. flash bangs
  10. flash boiler
  11. flash boilers

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