talk big

talk big
Synonyms and related words:
Barnumize, aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, blow, blow off, blowhard, bombast, build up, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, draw the longbow, exaggerate, go to extremes, hyperbolize, inflate, lay it on, magnify, make much of, overcharge, overdo, overdraw, overestimate, overpraise, overreach, overreact, oversell, overspeak, overstate, overstress, pile it on, pontificate, puff, shoot the shit, stretch, stretch the truth, talk highfalutin, talk in superlatives, tout, travesty, vapor

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  • talk big — {v.}, {informal} To talk boastfully; brag. * /He talks big about his pitching, but he hasn t won a game./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • talk big — {v.}, {informal} To talk boastfully; brag. * /He talks big about his pitching, but he hasn t won a game./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • talk big — ► talk big informal talk confidently or boastfully. Main Entry: ↑big …   English terms dictionary

  • talk big — (informal).See boast verb sense 1. → talk * * * phrasal : to talk boastfully or bombastically here was an unknown … who talked big but could he deliver Neal Stanford people have come to country towns, talked big or tried to organize fantastic… …   Useful english dictionary

  • talk big — in. to brag; to make grandiose statements. □ She talks big, but can’t produce anything. □ He has some deep need to talk big. He can’t do anything …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • talk big — talk boastfully, brag He is always talking big but nobody believes what he says …   Idioms and examples

  • talk\ big — v informal To talk boastfully; brag. He talks big about his pitching, but he hasn t won a game …   Словарь американских идиом

  • talk big — informal talk confidently or boastfully. → big …   English new terms dictionary

  • talk big — brag, exaggerate, promise a lot    Bert talks big before a game. He s more humble afterwards …   English idioms

  • To talk big — Big Big (b[i^]g), a. [Compar. {Bigger}; superl. {Biggest}.] [Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr, (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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