English

Alternative forms

• put on dog

Verb

put on the dog

1. (colloquial, dated) To dress up; to put on airs; to make a show of wealth and/or importance; to be pretentious. [from 19th c.]
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber 2003, p. 94:

     If she softened her natural vowels a fraction in keeping with her role as a Protestant lady, she did not put on dog or act in a snobbish manner.

See also

• put on the ritz