PUT ON AIRS
Dictionary entry overview: What does put on airs mean? • PUT ON AIRS (verb)
The verb PUT ON AIRS has 1 sense:
1. act like the master of
Familiarity information: PUT ON AIRS used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PUT ON AIRS (verb)
Meaning:
Act like the master of
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
act superior; lord it over; put on airs; queen it over
Context example:
He is lording it over the students
Hypernyms (to "put on airs" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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