Meaning of bragging rights | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The prerogative to praise oneself for a skill or accomplishment.
   idiomatic, plural, plural-only
2. Honor or prestige.
   idiomatic, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“Worth as much as $900 million, he estimates, the author clearly thinks he has earned bragging rights, and he intends to exercise them.”

“It won't be remembered as a classic in the pantheon of great South Wales derbies, but nobody on the Cardiff City side of the divide⟳ will care as their team secured the first ever set⟳ of Premier League bragging rights in the Welsh capital.”

“He is talking to RAIL immediately after his station regained its traditional position as 'Britain's busiest' […], and there is no disguising his delight. "The bragging rights are once again Waterloo's," he grins.”

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