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English verb: puff out

1. puff out (change) to swell or cause to enlarge,


SamplesHer faced puffed up from the drugs.
Puffed out chests.


ExamplesDid his feet puff out?


Synonymsblow up, puff, puff up


Pattern of useSomething ----s.
Somebody ----s.
Somebody ----s something.
Something ----s something


Broader (hypernym)intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce









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