Usually means: Behave pretentiously or snobbishly superior.
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  1. give oneself airs: Merriam-Webster
  2. give oneself airs: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. give oneself airs: Wiktionary

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  1. give oneself airs: Idioms

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  1. give oneself airs: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (give oneself airs)

verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To act pretentiously, or in a snobbish manner; to swagger.

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