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Meanings of uppity in English

Presumptuously arrogant.

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        Usage of uppity in English
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        And I don't mean by the hour, so don't go getting uppity.
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        But the odd combination may elicit a Pavlovian response from uppity shareholders.
        Reuters
        3
        So I'd advise you to be a bit less uppity, Arren Cardockson.
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        I just started this case and I'm already sick of uppity perverts.
        Crooked little vein
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        Let's call Bland's cause of death what it really is: Being uppity.
        Ebony
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        The idea that this uppity punk was busier than him was ridiculous.
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        If you get uppity, why, you'll see whole crowds of white folks.
        Sympathy for the devil
        8
        When Ah wants to be real uppity, Ah puts on an 'o.'
        The Burgess Animal Book for Children
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        Of course, no uppity investor is required to act for the greater good.
        Reuters
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        The runaround is a systemic means of control over uppity governments.
        The Guardian
        11
        Enough to give them an uppity start in a new place.
        Unfinished desires: a novel
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        Companies with such head-scratching pairings make easy targets for freshly invigorated uppity investors.
        Reuters
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        As it stands, the uppity Russian woman was clearly getting ahead of herself.
        The Guardian
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        They'll get all uppity and decide they're as good as immortals.
        Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
        15
        That whole uppity Nelson family ain't nothin' but a generation of vipers, girl.
        God don't like ugly
        16
        Dwarves looking uppity, and why not?-dwarveslooking shifty, and so what.
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