puff up
Upper Intermediate (B2) neutral
to get bigger and rounder, or make something sound better than it is
"Her eyes puffed up after she touched the cat."
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better term like puff up the pseudo
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starts to make the whole star puff up.
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It's trying to puff up a little bit because
Holy Puffer! Catching Bizarre Sea Creatures at Night!!
Brave Wilderness · 10:00
Just keep him in the net so that he doesn't puff up.
Holy Puffer! Catching Bizarre Sea Creatures at Night!!
Brave Wilderness · 9:42
I'm going to try to not get him to puff up cuz he'll get stuck in the net.