puff up Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb make larger or distend
- The estimates were puffed up
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verb to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
puff; blow up; puff out.
- puffed out chests
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verb become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
swell.
- The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son
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verb praise extravagantly
puff.
- The critics puffed up this Broadway production