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Meanings of uppity in inglés

Presumptuously arrogant.

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Usage of uppity in inglés
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And I don't mean by the hour, so don't go getting uppity.
Happiness key
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But the odd combination may elicit a Pavlovian response from uppity shareholders.
Reuters
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So I'd advise you to be a bit less uppity, Arren Cardockson.
The dark griffin
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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.
The capitol game
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If you get uppity, why, you'll see whole crowds of white folks.
Sympathy for the devil
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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
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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
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That whole uppity Nelson family ain't nothin' but a generation of vipers, girl.
God don't like ugly
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Dwarves looking uppity, and why not?-dwarveslooking shifty, and so what.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
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