puff up (into something)

puff up (into something)
puff up (into something)
to assume a larger shape by filling up with air or water; to swell up into something. •

The strange-looking fish puffed up into a round ball.

The fish puffed up and stuck out its spines.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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