swell up
Intermediate (B1)neutral
To get bigger and puffy, like when you hurt yourself and the injured spot gets large and sore.
"Her ankle swelled up badly after she twisted it on the stairs."
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Swell up.
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like my ankles would swell up, you know,
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parts of your hair will swell up different