0 the act of talking about famous people that you have met, often pretending that you know them better than you really do, in order to appear more important and special: --
Her constant name-dropping is very irritating.
1 disapproving the habit of mentioning the names of famous or important people that you know or pretend to know, in order to make yourself seem more important --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
We kunnen het stap voor stap voltooien, hoe lang de weg ook is en het kan niet worden voltooid, hoe kort de weg ook is, als je niet eens je voetafdruk markeert.