pride oneself on

Also, take pride in. Be proud of, take satisfaction in, as in We pride ourselves on always being punctual, or She took pride in her flower garden. The first term dates from the late 1300s, the second from the late 1500s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Agassiz	['ægəsi]
SlaĐAna	SLAH-jah-nah	Serbian, Croatian
Hovik	-	Armenian
Mihaela	mee-hah-YE-lah (Romanian), mee-HAH-el-ah (Croatian)	Romanian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Alonso	[a'ltmzau]
Cohen	KO-ən	English