"claim to fame" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-claim to fame.ogg [Australia] Forms: claims to fame [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|claims to fame}} claim to fame (plural claims to fame)
  1. (idiomatic) That for which an individual has bragging rights; an individual's reason for being well-known or famous. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-claim_to_fame-en-noun-s951nXVs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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