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PUFF UP





Definition:

  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"
    Synonyms: puff, blow up, puff out

  3. [verb] become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
    Synonyms: swell

  4. [verb] praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
    Synonyms: puff

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