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present tense third-person singular of puff (up)
Synonyms & Antonyms of puffs (up)
as in blows up, inflates
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for puffs (up)
- accelerates,
- accumulates,
- appreciates,
- balloons,
- booms,
- builds up,
- burgeons
- (also bourgeons),
- climbs,
- enlarges,
- escalates,
- expands,
- gains,
- increases,
- mounts,
- multiplies,
- mushrooms,
- proliferates,
- rises,
- rolls up,
- snowballs,
- spreads,
- swells,
- waxes
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for puffs (up)
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“Puffs (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puffs%20%28up%29. Accessed 26 Jun. 2022.
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