put on airs

put on airs
to become haughty, to assume a haughty manner

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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  • put on airs — {v. phr.} To show conceit; act in a superior or condescending manner. * /The fact that her parents own a villa in Capri is no reason for Amanda to keep putting on airs./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put on airs — {v. phr.} To show conceit; act in a superior or condescending manner. * /The fact that her parents own a villa in Capri is no reason for Amanda to keep putting on airs./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put on airs — If someone puts on airs, they pretend to be grander and more important than they really are …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • put on airs — pretend you are better or richer or smarter    Martha would never put on airs. She is very sincere …   English idioms

  • put\ on\ airs — v. phr. To show conceit; act in a superior or condescending manner. The fact that her parents own a villa in Capri is no reason for Amanda to keep putting on airs …   Словарь американских идиом

  • put on airs — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. brag, show off, make pretensions; see strut …   English dictionary for students

  • put on airs — act as though one is better than others, show off …   English contemporary dictionary

  • put on airs — verb act like the master of He is lording it over the students • Syn: ↑lord it over, ↑queen it over, ↑act superior • Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑move • Verb Frames …   Useful english dictionary

  • airs / heirs —    Airs refers to snobbish and artificial behavior: Portia Radclyffe put on airs at the fine dinner party just because she had a few diamonds dangling from her neck.    Heirs are people who, because they are family, will inherit an estate or… …   Confused words

  • airs / heirs —    Airs refers to snobbish and artificial behavior: Portia Radclyffe put on airs at the fine dinner party just because she had a few diamonds dangling from her neck.    Heirs are people who, because they are family, will inherit an estate or… …   Confused words

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