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puff up
puff up - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
puff up
Definition
(verb) make larger or distend
Example Sentence
The estimates were puffed up
Definition
(verb) to swell or cause to enlarge,
Synonyms
:
blow up
,
puff
,
puff out
Example Sentence
Her faced puffed up from the drugs
puffed out chests
Definition
(verb) become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
Synonyms
:
swell
Example Sentence
The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son
Definition
(verb) praise extravagantly
Synonyms
:
puff
Example Sentence
The critics puffed up this Broadway production
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