"put on airs" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put on airs.ogg 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 [imperfective] (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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          "text": "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.",
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          "word": "擺架子"
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          "word": "se donner des airs"
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          "lang": "French",
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          "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
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          "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
          "word": "megjátssza magát"
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          "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
          "word": "体裁振る"
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          "alt": "みえをはる",
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          "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
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          "word": "faithe la reine"
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          "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
          "word": "empinar o nariz"
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          "roman": "vážničatʹ",
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          "word": "hacer el paripé"
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          "word": "göra sig märkvärdig"
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          "word": "göra sig till"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
          "word": "magmaganda"
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      "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
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      "word": "se donner des airs"
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      "word": "felvág"
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      "word": "megjátssza magát"
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      "word": "gera sig merkilegan"
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      "word": "体裁振る"
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      "word": "faithe la reine"
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      "word": "puszyć się jak paw"
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      "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
      "word": "empinar o nariz"
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      "word": "erguer o nariz"
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      "roman": "vážničatʹ",
      "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
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      "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
      "word": "darse aires"
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      "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
      "word": "hacer el paripé"
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      "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
      "word": "göra sig märkvärdig"
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      "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
      "word": "göra sig till"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "become haughty, assume a haughty manner",
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  "word": "put on airs"
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