puff up Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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