prove oneself

Verb

Meaning

show one's ability or courage

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

assert oneself live up to prove yourself put one's money where their mouth is back up one's words with actions confront the situation demonstrate ability establish itself prove himself have something to prove reach potential act on one's convictions adapt and excel atone for one's actions back one's statements with actions
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Hypernyms

shew show establish prove demonstrate

Examples

If one of the problems of marriage is that safety can lead to complacency, then one of the advantages of being single is that one is never safe enough to grow complacent, and constantly having to prove oneself often leads to growth. Merle Shain

Close letter words and terms

prove himself prove inadequate prove not guilty prove out prove popular prove themselves