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puff up

Dictionary definition · puff up

verb

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

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).