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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show off |
| Synonyms: | be ostentatious, be vain, flaunt it, hot dog, parade, play to the crowd, prance, put on airs, showboat, strut, swagger |
| Main Entry: | miscarry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail to attain goal |
| Synonyms: | abort, back wrong horse, backslide, be defeated, be demoted, be found lacking, be in vain, be ruined, blunder, break down, come to naught, come to nothing, decline, deteriorate, fall, fall flat, fall short, fall through, fizzle, flop, flounder, fold, founder, go astray, go down swinging, go down, go downhill, go up in smoke, go wrong, hit bottom, hit the skids, lose control, lose out, lose status, meet with disaster, misfire, miss, miss fire, miss the boat, miss the mark, play into, run aground, slip*, turn out badly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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