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puff up


  • v  make larger or distend
  • v  to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
  • v  become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
  • v  praise extravagantly
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  • Liebrandt Restrains Himself With $18 Burger: Ryan Sutton
    At Corton, late of TriBeCa, chemist- slash-chef Paul Liebrandt used to wrap raw fish in cotton candy, puff up beef tendon like fried pork rinds and turn potatoes into ice cream. A dinner date could easily hit $800 for its two- Michelin-starred cuisine.
    Oct. 23, 2013 - Bloomberg

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