flash around in English

Forms: flashes around [present, singular, third-person], flashing around [participle, present], flashed around [participle, past], flashed around [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} flash around (third-person singular simple present flashes around, present participle flashing around, simple past and past participle flashed around)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "flashed around",
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          "text": "to flash one's money around",
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        "To make an ostentatious show of; to show to everybody in a boastful manner."
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        "(transitive, colloquial) To make an ostentatious show of; to show to everybody in a boastful manner."
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    {
      "form": "flashes around",
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        "present",
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        "present"
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    {
      "form": "flashed around",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "flashed around",
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        "(transitive, colloquial) To make an ostentatious show of; to show to everybody in a boastful manner."
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"flash around" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms