Joel touted his candidate as the best of all.
•Ann touted her medicine as a cure-all.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
tout — To promote a security in order to attract buyers. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. tout tout 1 [taʊt] verb 1. tout for business/custom/trade especially BrE to try to persuade people to buy goods or services you are offering: • I ve… … Financial and business terms
tout — [[t]ta͟ʊt[/t]] touts, touting, touted 1) VERB (disapproval) If someone touts something, they try to sell it or convince people that it is good. [V n] It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads… … English dictionary
tout — tout1 [ taut ] verb 1. ) transitive to praise someone or something because you want other people to think they are good or important 2. ) intransitive or transitive to try to persuade people to buy something by telling them about it, especially… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tout — I UK [taʊt] / US verb Word forms tout : present tense I/you/we/they tout he/she/it touts present participle touting past tense touted past participle touted 1) [transitive] to praise someone or something because you want other people to think… … English dictionary
tout — [taʊt] verb I 1) [T] to praise someone or something because you want other people to think that they are good or important The club is being touted as the best place to hear live music.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to try to persuade people to buy something by… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
tout — tout1 [taut] v [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: tout to look secretly, watch (14 19 centuries), perhaps from an unrecorded Old English tutian] 1.) [T] to praise something or someone in order to persuade people that they are important or worth a lot ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
tout — 1 verb 1 (T) to praise something or someone in order to persuade people that they are important or worth a lot: the much touted delights of England in the spring | be touted as sth: Bates was widely touted as the next Olympic star. 2 (I, T)… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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List of French words and phrases used by English speakers — Here are some examples of French words and phrases used by English speakers. English contains many words of French origin, such as art, collage, competition, force, machine, police, publicity, role, routine, table, and many other Anglicized… … Wikipedia
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all in all — adverb with everything considered (and neglecting details) (Freq. 3) altogether, I m sorry it happened all in all, it s not so bad • Syn: ↑on the whole, ↑altogether, ↑tout ensemble * * * I. : something that represent … Useful english dictionary
