show one's butt | Idiomator

Meaning: (Canada,US,slang,vulgar,idiomatic)Tomisbehaveor actdefiantly.Synonym:show one's ass1977,ISLA - Volume 15, page231:They've beenshowing their butts(misbehaving), and so you know they haven't been out.2005, H. A. Covington,A Mighty Fortress,→ISBN, page152:As of tonight those Federal goons in thereshowing their buttsaren't law enforcement officers any more. They're the criminals now.2008, Robert McCammon,Boys' Life,→ISBN, page65:Granddaddy Jaybird always did something to, as Dad said when he thought I wasn't listening, “show his butt,” and today would be no exception.2009, Barry Reed,The Innocent Pirate,→ISBN, page267:Las' night he tried tashow his buttby standin' up ta his ole man. I don't reckon he'll try that again anytime soon.2010, Laura Lacey Satterly,Survival 2033,→ISBN, page65:He reallyshowed his buttwhen he screeched in anger and frustration at finding it empty. He proceeded to rip the hell out of the bamboo, pulling it out of the ground with his beak and talons.2012, Tracie Crawford,I Changed My Mind,→ISBN, page76:He caused us to be late getting on the road because he was playing the “poor, pitiful, no-one understands me” card. It was around this time I learned a new expression from his family. He wasshowing his butt.

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