crow about
Frequency: 5.02.5 per million words
To boast about a success or achievement.
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Examples (10)
- The company hasn't much to crow about, with sales down compared with last year.
- He was crowing about his victory all day.
- It's annoying when he starts to crow about how much money he makes.
- She won the prize, but she was too modest to crow about it.
- Don't crow about your success; it's better to be humble.
- They were crowing about their team's unexpected win.
- If you get the job, you'll have every right to crow about it.
- He couldn't resist crowing about the fact that he was right all along.
- While the results are positive, it's too early for the government to crow about a full recovery.
- I wouldn't crow about it if I were you; the competition was not very strong.