puff up English

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What does puff up mean?

puff up

— verb make larger or distend The estimates were puffed up

— verb (= puff, puff out) to swell or cause to enlarge Her faced puffed up from the drugs puffed out chests

— verb (= swell) become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son

— verb (= puff) praise extravagantly The critics puffed up this Broadway production

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puff up English » English

swell

inflate

swell up

blow up

puff

puff out

flap

swell out

tumefy

sufflate

pump up

pregnant

plump out

hove

full

exaggerate

cause to swell

bloat

be high-handed

be arrogant

balloon

act self-importantly