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get above yourself
idiommainly UKinformaldisapproving
to act as though you are more important than you really are:
My father advised me to work hard, treat others with respect and never get above myself.
Anyone suspected of getting above himself would soon be cut down to size.
Ever since being given the power of attorney she’d been getting above herself.
One of my teachers said to me, “People like you don’t go to university. You’re getting above yourself.”
His colleagues fear that he has got above himself socially.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Showing arrogance and conceit
(as) proud as Luciferidiom
airs and gracesidiom
arrogant
arrogantly
as if you owned the placeidiom
egoistic
egoistically
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egotistic
patronizingly
pomposity
pompous
pompously
popinjay
swollen head
swollen-headed
talk down to someone
think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom
throw your weight aroundidiom
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