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},
{
"form": "giving oneself airs",
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{
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
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"glosses": [
"To act pretentiously, or in a snobbish manner; to swagger."
],
"id": "en-give_oneself_airs-en-verb-fXIaUtNF",
"links": [
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"act",
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],
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"pretentiously",
"pretentiously"
],
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"snobbish",
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],
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"swagger",
"swagger"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, intransitive) To act pretentiously, or in a snobbish manner; to swagger."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "airs and graces"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "put on airs"
}
],
"tags": [
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "hienostella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "herrastella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "se donner des airs"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "se donner un genre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "darsi delle arie"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "darsi un tono"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "darsi un contegno"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "whakatamatama"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "a-și da aere"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "važničatʹ",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "важничать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaznavatʹsja",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "зазнаваться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "darse ínfulas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "darse tono"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "hava atmak"
}
]
}
],
"word": "give oneself airs"
}
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]
},
{
"form": "gave oneself airs",
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},
{
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
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"word": "airs and graces"
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"glosses": [
"To act pretentiously, or in a snobbish manner; to swagger."
],
"links": [
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"pretentiously",
"pretentiously"
],
[
"snobbish",
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[
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"swagger"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, intransitive) To act pretentiously, or in a snobbish manner; to swagger."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "put on airs"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "hienostella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "herrastella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "se donner des airs"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "se donner un genre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "darsi delle arie"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "darsi un tono"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "darsi un contegno"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "whakatamatama"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "a-și da aere"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "važničatʹ",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "важничать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaznavatʹsja",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "зазнаваться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "darse ínfulas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"word": "darse tono"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to act pretentiously",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "hava atmak"
}
],
"word": "give oneself airs"
}
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