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Verb: put on airs
Usage: informal
  1. Act in a pretentious or superior manner
    "She put on airs after her promotion";
    - lord it over, queen it over, act superior, king it over

Derived forms: putting on airs, puts on airs, put on airs

Type of: act, move

Encyclopedia: Put on airs