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Definition of puff up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

puff up

phrasal verb
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puff up | puff something up
  1. to become bigger and rounder or to make something bigger and rounder, especially by filling it with air
    • Her cheeks puffed up.
    • The frog puffed itself up.
See puff up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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