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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