Definition of puff up
English to English verb - make larger or distend
The estimates were puffed up.
source: WordNet 3.0 - to swell or cause to enlarge,
Her faced puffed up from the drugs. Puffed out chests.
source: WordNet 3.0 - become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son.
source: WordNet 3.0 - praise extravagantly
The critics puffed up this Broadway production.
source: WordNet 3.0
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puff up, puffy, pop up, pay up, pep up, pouffe, pipe up, pupe, pupa, poup, pouf, payoff, piaffe, pop-up, pu, pop off, pay off, pau, pub, pue
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