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Definition of Put on airs
1. Verb. Act like the master of. "He is lording it over the students"
Definition of Put on airs
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To become haughty, to assume a pretentious manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Put On Airs
Literary usage of Put on airs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nursery by John L. Shorey (Firm (1877)
"MAC THE BEAR THAT put on airs. THERE was once a bear that had been tamed and made
to dance by a man who beat him when he did not mind. ..."
2. A Little Sunshine by Walter E. Todd (1917)
"It doesn't pay to put on airs Just because you live upstairs, Ignoring the other
fellow Who's living in the cellar; And should you happen to ..."
3. Wool-gathering by Gail Hamilton (1867)
"The popular notion in Egypt is that ' Grammar talk' is exclusively for the use
of people who put on airs and wear ' store close.'" " I suppose* putting on ..."
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