ego trip
an act or course of action undertaken primarily to satisfy one's vanity or for self-gratification: Her charitable activity was one long ego trip.
Origin of ego trip
1Words Nearby ego trip
Other definitions for ego-trip (2 of 2)
to behave in a self-serving manner.
Origin of ego-trip
2Other words from ego-trip
- ego-tripper, noun
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How to use ego trip in a sentence
I really hate those 1990s interventions where you just tripped over stuff, which was like an ego-trip.
The Writer and the Potter: Edmund De Waal on his New York Debut | Iain Millar | September 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for ego trip
/ informal /
something undertaken to boost or draw attention to a person's own image or appraisal of himself
to act in this way
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with ego trip
Behavior or activities undertaken mainly out of vanity or for self-gratification. For example, She's really on an ego trip, trying out for the lead. [1960s]
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