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