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Puff up

Puff up Meaning & Definition
Puff up Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Puff up?

[v] to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
[v] make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"
[v] praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
[v] become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Puff up: blow up | puff | puff | puff out | swell

Related Terms | Find terms related to Puff up:

See Also | act | amplify | behave | do | expand | inflate | intumesce | praise | swell | swell up | tumefy

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