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PUT ON AIRS

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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)

Sense 1

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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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