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up oneself en · ADJ

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Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Smug; arrogant; self-important and self-satisfied.
   • 2010, Deb Fitzpatrick, 90 Packets of Instant Noodles, Fremantle Press, page 151, They′re older and taller and more up themselves.
   • Don't be so up yourself.
   • There was a lot of yard bitching about Michelle, who was getting more and more up herself. 2010, Jilly Cooper, Jump!, page 235:
   • I don't like her; she is really up herself.
   • I had felt too that Putin was far grander than before, much more up himself, a bit peevish. 2012, Alastair Campbell, The Burden of Power: Countdown to Iraq - The Alastair Campbell Diaries, unnumbered page:

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Translations (6)

cmn 自以為是 /自以为是 (smug; arrogant) · ru самодовольный (smug; arrogant) · fi ylimielinen (smug; arrogant) · fi omahyväinen (smug; arrogant) · pt metido (smug; arrogant) · cmn 傲慢 (smug; arrogant)