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blow one's own trumpet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
blow one's own trum-pet
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To praise oneself.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

blows one's own trumpet (present, singular) blowing one's own trumpet (participle, present) blew one's own trumpet (past) blown one's own trumpet (participle, past)

Phrases

blow someone's trumpet

Frequently Paired Words

blow someone's trumpet

Synonyms

blow one's own horn

Questions

What does blow one's own trumpet mean?
To praise oneself.

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