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Idiom idiom

bragging rights


The prerogative to praise oneself for a skill or accomplishment.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

Winning this game gives me bragging rights for the whole week.

CONTEXTUAL

After finishing the marathon faster than his friends, he earned the bragging rights he had been chasing for months.

COMPLEX

The victory in the championship provided the team with significant bragging rights, solidifying their reputation as the dominant force in the league.


Related idioms8entries
  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

    come right

    to have a successful or satisfying conclusion; to end well

  4. 04

    coming right up

    Used by the speaker to indicate readiness to provide something ordered or requested.

  5. 05

    damn right

    Expresses enthusiastic support or opposition, agreement or disagreement, certainty or emphasis.

  6. 06

    dead to rights

    With sufficient evidence to establish responsibility definitively.

  7. 07

    do right by

    To treat, deal with, or act toward (someone) in a morally just, socially honorable fashion.

  8. 08

    do the right thing

    To do what is ethical or just.

Last updated August 10, 2026