brag vs serve notice

brag

verb
  • To boast of something. 

  • To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself. 

adj
  • Excellent; first-rate. 

noun
  • A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification. 

  • The thing which is boasted of. 

  • The card game three card brag. 

serve notice

verb
  • To warn or announce. 

  • To fire; to terminate one's employment or formal association. 

  • To officially give a legal notice to. 

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