shoot a line

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   show off

   Synonymsboasttoutswashbraggasblowblustervauntgasconade

   Broaderoverstate

   Narrowerpuffgloat

Questions about shoot a line

What does shoot a line mean?

shoot a line means "show off".

What is another word for shoot a line?

Close synonyms include boast, tout, swash, brag, gas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shoot a line a common word?

shoot a line is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.