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Meanings of put on airs in English

Portuguese
afectar

Act like the master of.

afectar
Usage of put on airs in English
1
I will not put on airs: I am no one's wine connoisseur.
Ebony
2
Now, when the others passed him, he did not put on airs.
Among the Farmyard People
3
Theirs could be a dark business, but many practitioners put on airs.
The gun
4
She says it's of no use for me to put on airs.
The Great God Success: A Novel
5
Where did you get the nerve to put on airs with me?
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig: A Novel
6
He didn't put on airs or pretend to be something he wasn't.
The manning grooms: bride on the loose\same time, next year
7
They were more primitive and simple, and they did not put on airs.
Burning Daylight
8
She didn't have to put on airs when she with him.
Stunning
9
After this she can never again put on airs with me.
The Rains Came
10
You haven't any more money, and yet you put on airs.
A Man and a Woman
11
But, in truth, what are you here to put on airs toward me?
Serge Panine — Volume 03
12
But you mustn't put on airs, or be impatient with me.
Driven Back to Eden
13
That Mr. Collingsby needn't put on airs, and pretend he don't know me.
Desk and Debit; or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk
14
He hasn't put on airs since coming to Yale, has he?
Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman
15
She didn't put on airs, or expect them from him.
Irresistible forces
16
Rihanna has hardly ever been one to put on airs.
Ebony
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Translations for put on airs
Portuguese
afectar
Put on airs through the time
Put on airs across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common