prove oneself

Verb

Meaning

show one's ability or courage

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

assert oneself live up to put one's money where their mouth is have something to prove adapt and excel establish itself prove herself reach potential prove yourself confront the situation deliver on one's promises act on one's convictions deliver on the promise demonstrate ability atone for one's 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