puff up
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(verb) make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up" |
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Related Words: amplify, blow up, expand, inflate |
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(verb) to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs" |
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Synonyms: blow up, puff, puff out |
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Related Words: distend, swell, swell up |
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(verb) praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Brodaway production" |
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Synonyms: puff |
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Related Words: praise |
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(verb) become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son" |
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Synonyms: swell |
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Related Words: act, behave, do |
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