"show one's stuff" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shows one's stuff [present, singular, third-person], showing one's stuff [participle, present], showed one's stuff [past], shown one's stuff [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|show<,,,shown> one's stuff}} show one's stuff (third-person singular simple present shows one's stuff, present participle showing one's stuff, simple past showed one's stuff, past participle shown one's stuff)
  1. (informal) To show what one is capable of. Tags: informal Related terms: do one's stuff, strut one's stuff
    Sense id: en-show_one's_stuff-en-verb-tOL~xC30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        "To show what one is capable of."
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        "(informal) To show what one is capable of."
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        "To show what one is capable of."
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        "(informal) To show what one is capable of."
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