PUFF UP

• (verb) to swell or cause to enlarge,

  "Her faced puffed up from the drugs", "puffed out chests"

  synonyms : blow up , puff , puff out

• (verb) make larger or distend

  "The estimates were puffed up"

• (verb) praise extravagantly

  "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"

  synonyms : puff

• (verb) become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger

  "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"

  synonyms : swell

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