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
Adams, who identifies as two-spirit — the term used by Indigenous communities for those who are nonbinary — did not put on airs.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2022
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
“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
