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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"