bragging rights

noun

Updated on: 14 Apr 2018

Definition of bragging rights

: entitlement to boast about something

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Examples of bragging rights in a Sentence

She earned bragging rights for completing the project on time.

Recent Examples of bragging rights from the Web

Two Belles and a Duchess will battle for bragging rights next month when the Great Steamboat Race takes place in Louisville, Ky., during the Kentucky Derby Festival.

— rosemary mcclure, latimes.com, "A new paddle-wheeler joins the lineup for 2018 Great Steamboat Race in Kentucky," 4 Apr. 2018
Verizon showed seven years ago that getting even a few months ahead of the pack can lead to significant market-share gains and years of bragging rights.

— scott moritz, Bloomberg.com, "Trump's China Concern Adds Pressure in Race to Be First With 5G," 2 Apr. 2018
At stake, bragging rights of who will get to hold their leagues' championship trophy aloft at the end of the season.

— rob manker, Naperville Sun, "Manker: Make-believe fantasy baseball can lead to real-life family connections," 29 Mar. 2018
Even the tightest win can give a station bragging rights.

— hal boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, "March ratings: WFTV wins early morning, evening," 29 Mar. 2018
The Toffees, meanwhile, will want to extend their run under the 63-year-old on home soil to just one defeat suffered in nine and, with it, bragging rights in terms of having not lost to this all-conquering City side at all this season.

— SI.com, "FanView: Pep Guardiola & Man City Will Fear Facing Everton This Weekend Ahead of Title Procession," 28 Mar. 2018
Adding to its appeal is the Mount Baker Ski Area, 55 miles east, which holds world bragging rights for the deepest snowfall ever recorded in a ski season—1,140 inches in the winter of 1998–99.

— christopher solomon, Outside Online, "The Boy Who Lived on Edges," 22 Mar. 2018
Few will follow in your footsteps (that’s bragging rights), and no trace of you will remain behind (tents and props will be packed up).

— leena kim, Town & Country, "Luxury Pop-Up Hotels Are the Ultimate New Travel Adventure," 13 Mar. 2018
Instead, this election is all about bragging rights for national Democrats and Republicans, narrative-setting and field-testing ahead of the crucial midterms.

— alex seitz-wald, NBC News, "Why Republicans are so nervous about this race in ‘Trump Country’," 11 Mar. 2018

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