Put on airs
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To put on airs, also give airs, put in airs, give yourself airs, is a colloquial phrase meant to describe a person who acts superior, or one who behaves as if they are more important than others.
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See also
- Colloquialism
- Dandy
- Delusions of grandeur
- Dude
- Flâneur
- Fop
- Gentleman
- God complex
- Idiom
- Illusory superiority
- Messiah complex
- Pidgin
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