"put on airs" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put on airs.ogg [Australia] Forms: puts on airs [present, singular, third-person], putting on airs [participle, present], put on airs [participle, past], put on airs [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> on airs}} put on airs (third-person singular simple present puts on airs, present participle putting on airs, simple past and past participle put on airs)
  1. (idiomatic) To become haughty, to assume a pretentious manner. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: give oneself airs Related terms: lord it over Translations (become haughty, assume a haughty manner): 擺架子 (Chinese Mandarin), 摆架子 (bǎijiàzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 擺譜兒 (Chinese Mandarin), 摆谱儿 (bǎipǔr) (Chinese Mandarin), 拿大 (nádà) (Chinese Mandarin), afekti (Esperanto), mahtailla (Finnish), se donner des airs (French), prendre des airs (French), sich aufspielen (German), felvág (Hungarian), affektál (Hungarian), megjátssza magát (Hungarian), gera sig merkilegan (Icelandic), setja upp hátíðarsvip (Icelandic), snúa upp á sig (Icelandic), darsi delle arie (Italian), 体裁振る (teisai-buru) (alt: ていさいぶる) (Japanese), 見栄をはる (mie-o haru) (alt: みえをはる) (Japanese), faithe la reine (Norman), puszyć się jak paw (Polish), empinar o nariz (Portuguese), erguer o nariz (Portuguese), ва́жничать (vážničatʹ) (Russian), darse aires (Spanish), darse tono (Spanish), hacer el paripé (Spanish), göra sig märkvärdig (Swedish), göra sig till (Swedish), magmaganda (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
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      "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
      "word": "felvág"
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      "word": "snúa upp á sig"
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      "word": "darsi delle arie"
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      "word": "体裁振る"
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