Complete Definition of "put on the dog"

English

Etymology
Dates to college slang of the 1860s (originally "put on dog").

Idiom
put on the dog

  1. idiom To dress up; to put on airs; to make a show of wealth and/or importance; to be pretentious. Similar to "put on the ritz".

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