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tooting one's own horn

tooting one's own horn is the present participle and gerund of toot one's own horn.

Meaning of toot one's own horn

Verb

toot one's own horn (third-person singular simple present toots one's own horn, present participle tooting one's own horn, simple past and past participle tooted one's own horn)

  1. (idiomatic) To promote oneself; to boast or brag; to tout oneself.
    • Not to toot my own horn, but I already knew all that.

Questions about tooting one's own horn

What is tooting one's own horn the present participle and gerund of?
Tooting one's own horn is the present participle and gerund of toot one's own horn.

Words near tooting one's own horn in the dictionary

  1. tooties
  2. Tootill
  3. tootin'
  4. tooting
  5. Tooting Bec
  6. tooting one's own horn
  7. tootings
  8. tootle
  9. tootled
  10. tootler
  11. tootlers

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