Definition of bragging rights
: entitlement to boast about something
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She earned bragging rights for completing the project on time.
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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.
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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.
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At stake, bragging rights of who will get to hold their leagues' championship trophy aloft at the end of the season.
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Even the tightest win can give a station bragging rights.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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Instead, this election is all about bragging rights for national Democrats and Republicans, narrative-setting and field-testing ahead of the crucial midterms.
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First Known Use of bragging rights
1954
BRAGGING RIGHTS Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of bragging rights for English Language Learners
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: a good reason to talk with pride about something you have done
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