What is the meaning of puff up?

verb

  • Make larger or distend.
    • usage: "The estimates were puffed up"
  • (v.) ()
  • Become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger.
    • usage: "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
  • Praise extravagantly.
    • usage: "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
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APAWordNet. (2010). puff up. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/puff_up/definitions/1304598
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