"lair it up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lairs it up [present, singular, third-person], lairing it up [participle, present], laired it up [participle, past], laired it up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lair it up (third-person singular simple present lairs it up, present participle lairing it up, simple past and past participle laired it up)
  1. (slang, Australia, New Zealand) To behave flamboyantly; to act out; to be showy. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, slang

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laired it up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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    {
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        "To behave flamboyantly; to act out; to be showy."
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      "links": [
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        [
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          "act out"
        ],
        [
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        ]
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        "(slang, Australia, New Zealand) To behave flamboyantly; to act out; to be showy."
      ],
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        "Australia",
        "New-Zealand",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lairing it up",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laired it up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laired it up",
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        "past"
      ]
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        "English verbs",
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        "To behave flamboyantly; to act out; to be showy."
      ],
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          "act out",
          "act out"
        ],
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        "(slang, Australia, New Zealand) To behave flamboyantly; to act out; to be showy."
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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