claim to fame
That for which one has bragging rights; one’s reason for being well-known or famous.
Her only claim to fame is being married to a socialite.
claim
UK /kleɪm/ US /kleɪm/
noun 5verb 5
Definitions
noun
1
A demand of ownership made for something.
a claim of ownership
a claim of victory
2
The thing claimed.
3
The right or ground of demanding.
You don't have any claim on my time, since I'm no longer your employee.
4
A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
The company's share price dropped amid claims of accounting fraud.
Bailey, in using accents, felt that he was 'directing to their proper pronuntiation' and showing 'the Orthoepia of the English Tongue' (title page, Dictionarium Britannicum, 1730 edition). The claim is ridiculous.
5
A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
Miners had to stake their claims during the gold rush.
verb
1
To demand ownership of.
Jeffrey Chuang, an economics student at University College London, said: "I am for independence. I do not think China has any right to claim Taiwan. We have confidence in our country and we know that China is not capable of doing anything to us."
2
To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
3
To demand ownership or right to use for land.
4
To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
5
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority, upon what ground any one has empire
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