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• ДЕРЖАТЬ ФАСОН highly coll; ДАВИТЬ ФАСОН slang

[VP; subj: human]

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⇒ to behave in an ostentatious manner in an attempt to impress others (often in refer, to how one dresses or one's general appearance):

- X держит фасон{{}}≈ X shows off;

- X tries to make an impression;

- X puts on the dog.

     ♦ Панин уважал нашу слабость к "отвлечённой" музыке, не мешал нам и отгонял других. Но некоторые полагали, что мы просто "давим фасон", притворяемся, будто бренчанье и пиликанье предпочитаем частушкам, хорам, опереттам (Копелев 1). Panin respected our weakness for "abstract" music; he did not disturb us and chased away others who might. But some thought that we were "just showing off," pretending that we preferred the plunking and plinking to chastushka ditties, choruses, and operettas (1a).