puff sth out
— phrasal verb with puff uk/pʌf/us/pʌf/verb
to make your chest or your face become bigger by filling it with air:
He puffed out his cheeks and sat back in his chair.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Enlarging and inflating
- balloon
- bloat
- blow
- blow sth up
- blow up
- broaden
- build (sb/sth) up
- deepen
- dilate
- engorged
- enlarge
- expand
- flare
- fluff sth up
- inflate
- magnification
- puff
- scale sth up
- stretch
- widen
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