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puff up

DEFINITIONS OF: puff up

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v make larger or distend

“The estimates were puffed up
Type of:
amplify, blow up, expand, inflate
exaggerate or make bigger

v to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

Synonyms:
blow up, puff, puff out
Type of:
intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce
expand abnormally

v become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger

Synonyms:
swell
Type of:
act, behave, do
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

v praise extravagantly

Synonyms:
puff
Type of:
praise
express approval of
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