toot one's own horn

English

Alternative forms

• blow one's own horn

Pronunciation

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Verb

toot one's own horn (third-person singular simple present toots one's own horn, present participle tooting one's own horn, simple past and past participle tooted one's own horn)

1. (idiomatic) To promote oneself; to boast or brag; to tout oneself.

   Not to toot my own horn, but I already knew all that.

   Synonym: blow one's own trumpet

Translations

promote oneself

• Arabic: يتفاخر‎
• Catalan: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自吹自擂 (zh) (zìchuīzìléi), 臉上貼金 (zh), 脸上贴金 (zh) (liǎnshàngtiējīn)

• Finnish: kehua itseään, tehdä itsestään numero
• French: s’envoyer des fleurs (fr)
• Japanese: 自画自賛する (ja) (jigajisan suru)
• Maori: wahahuka