Idiom
put on airs
Meaning
To become haughty, to assume a pretentious manner.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He puts on airs whenever he talks to his new rich friends.”
“She started putting on airs after her promotion, acting as if she were better than her old colleagues.”
“Despite his humble beginnings, he began to put on airs, adopting an affected accent and distancing himself from the community that raised him.”
Examples
simple
“He puts on airs whenever he talks to his new rich friends.”
contextual
“She started putting on airs after her promotion, acting as if she were better than her old colleagues.”
complex
“Despite his humble beginnings, he began to put on airs, adopting an affected accent and distancing himself from the community that raised him.”
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