put on airs
Example Sentences
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Japan’s colonization of Korea from 1910 to 1945 introduced loanwords including gao, Japanese for “face,” adapted into Korean as “put on gao,” which means to put on airs.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025
Sometimes you get intimidated by people because of their intellect, but she never put on airs.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2022
His voters like that he doesn't put on airs or act as though he is better than they are.
From Salon • Aug. 24, 2018
He wanted his cinematic alter-ego to project those values, but to also be a “common man” who didn’t put on airs.
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2014
“They’ve got millions, but they live like human beings. They don’t put on airs and strut. Mrs. Dalton believes that people should be that way.”
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
