"show away" meaning in English

See show away in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: shows away [present, singular, third-person], showing away [participle, present], showed away [past], shown away [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|show<,,,shown> away}} show away (third-person singular simple present shows away, present participle showing away, simple past showed away, past participle shown away)
  1. (now rare, archaic) To show off. Tags: archaic

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "shows away",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "showing away",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "showed away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
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    }
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1763, James Boswell, edited by Gordon Turnbull, London Journal 1762-1763, Penguin, published 2014, page 260:",
          "text": "I behaved with sense and propriety, & did not attempt at all to show away […].",
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        }
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        "To show off."
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        "(now rare, archaic) To show off."
      ],
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        "archaic"
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    }
  ],
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}
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    {
      "form": "shows away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "showing away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "showed away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shown away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
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        }
      ],
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        "To show off."
      ],
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        "(now rare, archaic) To show off."
      ],
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      ]
    }
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}

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