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How to pronounce puff up in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms swell
Type of do, behave, act
Type Words
Synonyms blow up, puff, puff out
Type of intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce
Type Words
Synonyms puff
Type of praise
Type Words
Type of expand, inflate, amplify, blow up

Examples of puff up

puff up
Puff up your own ego for personal gratification, without achieving a darn thing.
From the guardian.co.uk
He tends to puff up startups into thinking they're the best thing in the world.
From the techcrunch.com
Sign Ramirez and watch your franchise puff up, floating to the top of baseball.
From the ocregister.com
It does not puff up during baking because it usually contains no leavening agent.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Add the capers and fry, turning carefully, until they puff up and begin to pop.
From the latimes.com
This allows the frame to puff up while keeping the interior from puffing too much.
From the sacbee.com
And the outer edges puff up beautifully, while staying crisp and light inside.
From the freep.com
Although it's a nice bit of grandstanding to puff up its supposed importance.
From the guardian.co.uk
If it interacts with itself, it could puff up and spread outward like a gas.
From the newscientist.com