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bragging rights

idiom

The prerogative to praise oneself for a skill or accomplishment.


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Related idioms3entries
  1. 01

    all rights reserved

    The copyright holder of a creative work reserves all copyright-related rights, typically including the right to publish the work, to make derivative works of it, to distribute it, to make profit from it, to license a number of these rights to other people, and to forbid these uses by any unauthorized people, thus being entitled to take legal action against infringement.

  2. 02

    bang to rights

    Red-handed, (caught) in the act.

  3. 03

    dead to rights

    With sufficient evidence to establish responsibility definitively.

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