posture as

posture as someone or something

to pretend to be someone or a particular type of person. Why is the secretary posturing as the manager and giving out assignments? Carla entered the ballroom, posturing as a grand duchess of somewhere or another.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mehmut	-	Uyghur
Abimelech	-	Biblical
Ekaitz	-	Basque
Micky	MIK-ee	English
Edita	-	Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian
Prakash	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bengali, Odia, Nepali