Put on airs
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To become haughty, to assume a pretentious manner. idiomatic
"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."
- 2 act like the master of wordnet
Example
More examples"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."