lair it up
C1 slang inseparable intransitive
In simple words
To act in a big, showy, embarrassing way to get attention.
Literal meaning: To behave in the manner of a 'lair' (Australian slang for a flashy show-off).
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
slang
(Australian slang) To behave in an attention-seeking, boastful, or flashy way.
"He was lairing it up all night at the party, doing impressions and buying rounds for strangers."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Exclusively Australian slang. A 'lair' in Australian English is a person who dresses or behaves in an ostentatiously vulgar or flashy way. 'Lair it up' describes the behaviour of such a person. Not understood outside of Australia without explanation.
Commonly used with
pub party crowd weekend mates
Forms
Base
lair it up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
lairs it up
he/she/it
Past simple
laired it up
yesterday
Past participle
laired it up
have + pp
-ing form
lairing it up
continuous
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