Hold oneself out to be

Question

What does it mean?"Here I am, a typical mum, she sometimes caught herself thinking, as if someone had accused her of holding herself out to be something else, something superior."

GPY · Accepted Answer

portraying herself as something else

Ivy Vu · Answer

Hi,

I would suggest the following meanings for "hold oneself out to be":-

- claim to be;

- present oneself as (se présenter comme, in French)

as per the links I incidentally found hereafter:-

https://www.translatorscafe.com/tcterms/EN/question.aspx?id=28585

and:

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/hold-oneself-out.1961768/

Cheers,

:-)

Hold oneself out to be

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