taking credit
Stealing someone's glory
Taking credit is claiming responsibility for an accomplishment or success, whether deserved or not.
The phrase often carries a negative connotation when someone claims recognition for work they didn't do: He's always taking credit for other people's ideas.
To take credit where it's due is simply to accept earned recognition: She finally took credit for turning the department around.
- claimingDeclaring to be true
- self promotionPublicizing your own accomplishments
- braggingExcessive self-praise
- stealingUnlawful taking of property
- gloryExalted honor and praise
recognition · acknowledgment · boasting · pat on the back · spotlight · praise · attribution · ego · showoff · applause · achievement · ownership · hogging · limelight · glory hog · kudos · swagger · plagiarism
- office politicsoffice politics, backstabbing, power plays, favoritism, nepotism
- bad behaviorcheating, stealing, lying, greed, selfishness
- narcissismnarcissist, narcissistic personality disorder, ego, vanity, self-love
- moochingmooch, moocher, mooching, freeloader, freeloading
- showing offboasting, bragged, show off, bragging, boasted