It is irritating when co-workers dismiss your ideas as worthless, and later present those very ideas as their own. They just want to ___________.

Question

Option 1: steal your credit

Option 2: steal your crown

Option 3: steal your thunder

Option 4: steal your gloating

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The blank needs an idiom meaning to take credit for someone else's ideas or achievements. Option 1 -> steal your credit -> means taking undeserved recognition, but not a standard idiom. Option 2 -> steal your crown -> not a recognized idiom for taking credit. Option 3 -> steal your thunder -> means to take credit for someone else's ideas or to diminish their moment of glory. Option 4 -> steal your gloating -> not a standard idiom and doesn't fit the context.

When someone steals your thunder, they're basically hijacking your big moment or brilliant idea and claiming it as their own. It's like when you're about to announce exciting news at a party, but someone else blurts it out first and gets all the attention you deserved.

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