Thursday, 23 October 2014

Homophones - Flaunt V Flout


Flaunt (verb) – to show off sth you are proud off
  • Sally was walking around the office flaunting her huge diamond ring this morning.

Flout (verb) – to intentionally break the law, rule or custom
·        It’s very common of motorcyclists to flout the law by not wearing their helmets.

  • The employees decided to flout company tradition and turned up for work in casual clothes.

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