swagger it

English

Verb

swagger it (third-person singular simple present swaggers it, present participle swaggering it, simple past and past participle swaggered it)

1. (now rare) To swagger about; to move about or carry oneself in a proud, superior, or pompous manner.
   • 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan, →OCLC, page 18:

     […] and there is no reason why I should not leave this wretched hole at once and go to one of the best hotels and swagger it!

   • 1984, Country Life‎^[1], volume 175:

     Other women in war did not try to retain it, but seem to have welcomed the chance to put on male attire and swagger it in breeches;