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puts on airs

puts on airs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put on airs.

Meaning of put on airs

Verb

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.
    • 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.1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

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Puts on airs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put on airs.

Words near puts on airs in the dictionary

  1. puts off
  2. puts on
  3. puts on a brave face
  4. puts on a clinic
  5. puts on a pedestal
  6. puts on airs
  7. puts on frills
  8. puts on one's dancing shoes
  9. puts on one's own oxygen mask first
  10. puts on one's oxygen mask first
  11. puts on the dog

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