up oneself

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up oneself (comparative more up oneself, superlative most up oneself)

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Smug; arrogant; self-important and self-satisfied.

   I don't like her; she is really up herself.

   Don't be so up yourself.

   • 2010, Deb Fitzpatrick, 90 Packets of Instant Noodles, Fremantle Press, page 151,

     They′re older and taller and more up themselves.

   • 2010, Jilly Cooper, Jump!, page 235:

     There was a lot of yard bitching about Michelle, who was getting more and more up herself.

   • 2012, Alastair Campbell, The Burden of Power: Countdown to Iraq - The Alastair Campbell Diaries, unnumbered page:

     I had felt too that Putin was far grander than before, much more up himself, a bit peevish.