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boast
/bəʊst/
verb
1 reporting verb (no object)
Talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.
2 with object (of a person, place, or thing) possess (a feature that is a source of pride)
noun
An act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction.
3 (in squash) a stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the side walls before hitting the front wall.
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Let us immediately squash any effort to boast. Our accomplishments are a result of shared effort, not of individual brilliance (no matter how accurate that description might be).
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