put on airs
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For all his crowing about his money and showing off, he really didn’t put on airs.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025
Japan’s colonization of Korea from 1910 to 1945 introduced loanwords including gao, Japanese for “face,” adapted into Korean as “put on gao,” which means to put on airs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
Sometimes you get intimidated by people because of their intellect, but she never put on airs.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
He wanted his cinematic alter-ego to project those values, but to also be a “common man” who didn’t put on airs.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2014
They didn’t trust people who put on airs.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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