put on the dog

Language: en

Meaning: (colloquial,idiomatic,dated)Todress up; to make ashowofwealthand/orimportance; to bepretentious.[from 19th c.]Synonym:put on airs1985,Peter Carey,Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published2003, page94:If she softened her natural vowels a fraction in keeping with her role as a Protestant lady, she did notput on dogor act in a snobbish manner.

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