put on airs
Verb
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Verb
put on airs (third-person singular simple present puts on airs, present participle putting on airs, simple past and past participle put on airs)
- (idiomatic) To become haughty, to assume a pretentious manner.
- Synonyms: give oneself airs
- 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper's Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN ↗, →OCLC ↗:
- Even Timothy, the jointed wooden lion, who was made by the disabled soldiers, and should have had broader views, put on airs and pretended he was connected with Government.
- French: se donner des airs, prendre des airs
- German: aufspielen
- Italian: darsi delle arie
- Portuguese: empinar o nariz, erguer o nariz
- Russian: ва́жничать
- Spanish: darse aires, darse tono, hacer el paripé
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