"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
    Sense id: en-show_away-en-verb-~PaReFDw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away)

Inflected forms

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