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What is another word for
puff up
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To inflate with air
(
a product, organization, or venture
)
To market, or give publicity in an attempt to sell or create public awareness
(
intransitive
)
To become larger in size or degree
To praise or flatter
To express approval or admiration of
To augment or make something greater
To make something fluffy or increase its fluffiness
(
pride oneself
)
To take satisfaction or pleasure in one's accomplishments or abilities
(
puff up
)
To praise or compliment, typically excessively or insincerely
To describe or express in too exaggerated terms
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▲
Verb
▲
To inflate with air
swell
expand
inflate
enlarge
bulge
puff out
distend
bloat
dilate
balloon
blow up
fill out
extend
billow
swell up
tumefy
fatten
stretch
bag
intumesce
belly
mushroom
pump up
widen
grow
protrude
jut
project
poke
overhang
pouch
pout
rise
beetle
pooch
bunch
fill
increase in size
make larger
stand out
bulge out
stick out
increase
lengthen
ferment
raise
augment
broaden
amplify
start
bulk
make bigger
belly out
become larger
balloon out
aerate
engorge
thicken
escalate
plump
boost
puff
compound
well up
grow larger
leaven
pump
supersize
snowball
burgeon
bourgeon
pad
protuberate
fill with air
bounce
become bloated
upsize
pitch
toss
bilge
roll
fill up
rise up
surge
become bigger
make rise
blow out
roll upward
swell out
embiggen
be inflated
become distended
pad out
bulk out
blimp
cause to rise
blow
multiply
bug out
project outward
dome
jut out
be swollen
extrude
pop out
blob
be prominent
balloon up
aggrandize
up
accelerate
stoke
build up
add to
hype
billow out
elongate
round out
become swollen
become inflated
grow bigger
become thicker
make wider
become wider
make thicker
become longer
make broader
become broader
make longer
jumboize
become deeper
make deeper
lighten
work
heighten
develop
magnify
soup up
hike
beef up
tack on
prolong
bulk up
upsurge
bolster
protract
get bigger
slap on
pyramid
mount
jack up
hike up
increment
shoot up
enhance
proliferate
elevate
intensify
maximize
US
double
climb
lift
triple
step up
ratchet up
rocket
maximise
UK
skyrocket
strengthen
advance
spread
appreciate
redouble
go up
bump up
crank up
amass
wax
accumulate
upscale
soar
spiral
build
add
deepen
consolidate
exaggerate
upraise
top up
make greater
mark up
flesh out
jack
gain
jump
pile up
go through the roof
roll up
arise
leap up
intensate
put up
ascend
peak
accrue
accentuate
rouse
jump up
run up
sweeten
amp up
rise rapidly
go through the ceiling
become greater
mount up
increase rapidly
get larger
scale up
boom
embellish
overstate
embroider
overemphasize
US
exacerbate
stack up
surge up
get higher
leap
aggravate
speed up
flourish
hyperbolize
get stronger
become more powerful
pick up
overplay
dramatize
US
prosper
spread out
develop rapidly
thrive
luxuriate
burst
spring up
grow rapidly
explode
detonate
burst forth
go off
sprout
overdo
elaborate
overestimate
emphasize
US
exalt
touch up
drive up
stretch the truth
make a big thing out of
overemphasise
UK
blow something out of all proportion
dramatise
UK
blow up out of all proportion
emphasise
UK
improve
further
optimize
US
progress
enrich
better
reinforce
annex
US
sharpen
inflame
reenforce
make better
ameliorate
teem
supplement
parlay
swarm
pullulate
follow up
collect
optimise
UK
annexe
UK
more ❯
“The recipe was right because if you 'flick' water on top of filo it helps it
puff up
and crisp.”
Verb
▲
(
a product, organization, or venture
)
To market, or give publicity in an attempt to sell or create public awareness
promote
advertise
publicise
UK
publicize
US
popularise
UK
popularize
US
sell
market
merchandise
push
plug
hype
hype up
pitch
puff
talk up
tout
advertize
boost
flog
ballyhoo
flack
huckster
bang the drum for
beat the drum for
call attention to
give a plug to
give a puff to
give publicity to
upsell
make popular
recommend
build up
advocate
advance
encourage
propagandize
US
aggrandize
propagandise
UK
spiel
endorse
peddle
spruik
champion
back
release
proclaim
promulgate
trumpet
flaunt
campaign for
get behind
spotlight
cry up
pump up
broadcast
publish
big up
inform
annunciate
declare
post
show
apprise
enunciate
flash
disclose
sponsor
supply
announce
notify
herald
communicate
circularize
US
present
expose
divulge
exhibit
reveal
cross sell
make public
traffic in
make known
write up
circularise
UK
deal in
play up
spread about
bring to public notice
soft-sell
further
espouse
proselytize
US
persuade
drum
hustle
proselytise
UK
put across
get across
talk into
gain acceptance for
win someone over to
get support for
convince someone of the merits of
get acceptance for
win approval for
soft sell
sweet talk
persuade someone to accept
bring someone round to
speak for
soft-soap
display
blazon
disseminate
spread
blaze
propagate
praise
sound
blare
placard
crack up
bill
circulate
give out
preach
air
transmit
boast
parade
brag
flourish
swagger
unveil
commend
crow
convey
trail
trailer
advise
uncover
acquaint
alert
unmask
splash
spot
blurb
vaunt
package
bruit
draw attention to
show off
hard sell
beat the drum
shout from the rooftops
spread around
give notice of
make a pitch
run with
get on soapbox for
put on the map
shout out
package as
pass on
spread abroad
bruit about
commercialize
US
gazette
put up in lights
tell
commercialise
UK
speak of
talk of
proliferate
diffuse
state
overpraise
distribute
press-agent
cry
build
mention
put before the public
shift
showboat
namecheck
beat the drum about
carry
spin
pronounce
issue
swank
pass
blow up
call
brandish
disperse
bear
decree
toot
gloat
grandstand
showcase
feature
make official
pass the word
put in a good word
give a mention to
suggest
introduce
persuade people to buy
shove in your face
unleash
mainstream
vend
hawk
merchandize
turn over
put about
bruit abroad
manifest
retail
gasconade
launch
roll out
bull
exchange
trade
blow
strut
wholesale
barter
indicate
signify
express
demonstrate
evince
vapor
US
prate
celebrate
put up
project
acclaim
laud
extol
vapour
UK
put up for sale
offer for sale
present oneself as
put over
brag about
give oneself airs about
blow smoke
exult in
crow about
show off about
make much of
gloat over
boast about
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
intransitive
)
To become larger in size or degree
increase
rise
grow
improve
lift
soar
build
climb
surge
expand
magnify
rocket
bourgeon
burgeon
escalate
accelerate
accumulate
appreciate
arise
ascend
double
get higher
go up
go uphill
move up
push up
rise up
wake up
flourish
peak
uprise
accrue
balloon
become greater
bulk
crescendo
crest
get bigger
get larger
mount up
mushroom
pile up
roll up
skyrocket
spiral
stretch
scale up
average up
bulk up
continue
fill out
prolongate
become larger
become more numerous
grow in number
increase in amount
increase in level
progress
advance
shift up
shoot up
shoot
fly
sail
scale
float
get up
mount
glide
make its way up
make one's way up
aspire
come up
blast off
up
tower
bob up
sweep upward
levitate
sprout
climb up
move upward
take off
reach up
move upwards
lift off
upthrust
go sky-high
thrust
uprear
more ❯
Verb
▲
To praise or flatter
compliment
flatter
adulate
charm
fawn over
glorify
gush over
praise
smooth-talk
sweet-talk
worship
bootlick
brownnose
butter up to
elevate
humor
US
humour
UK
revere
wheedle
brown-nose
build up
butter up
cajole
exalt
lay it on thick
overpraise
put on a pedestal
soothe
stroke one's ego
suck up to
compliment excessively
fall all over
fawn upon
ingratiate oneself with
kiss one's feet
play up to
roose
rub the right way
spread it on
work over
stroke
commend
soft-soap
express admiration for
wax lyrical about
fawn
panegyrize
laud
inveigle
fawn on
blarney
pay court to
pay blandishments to
honey
say nice things about
work on
oil
hero-worship
flannel
admire
adore
make much of
venerate
pay tribute to
lay it on with a trowel
lionize
US
rave over
lionise
UK
massage
puff
belaud
soften
snow
ingratiate yourself
beslaver
sweeten up
crawl to
creep to
pander to
be all over
make a fuss of
crawl
toady
kowtow
truckle
grovel
woo
curry favor with
US
lick someone's boots
be servile
suck up
curry favour with
UK
apple-polish
cringe
creep
pander
court
be obsequious
dance attendance on
blandish
cower
fuss
snivel
rub up the right way
make up to
bow to
fall on one's knees
pay court
be sycophantic
honey up
defer to
humble oneself
kiss-up
bow and scrape
scratch one's back
cater to
lay it on
behave obsequiously
throw oneself at someone's feet
gush
apple polish
quail
implore
pamper
abase yourself
eat crow
eat dirt
demean oneself
genuflect
show respect for
abase oneself to
be obsequious towards
be sycophantic towards
keep someone sweet
be obsequious to
demean oneself to
bow and scrape to
prostrate oneself to
be servile towards
grovel to
kowtow to
kiss the feet of
truckle to
submit
yield
concede
defer
stoop
crouch
kiss up to
curry favour
UK
bend the knee
give way
abase oneself before
knuckle under
curry favor
US
prostrate oneself
give in
more ❯
Verb
▲
To express approval or admiration of
praise
commend
acclaim
compliment
extol
laud
admire
aggrandize
celebrate
endorse
honor
US
honour
UK
applaud
appreciate
cheer
congratulate
eulogise
UK
eulogize
US
hail
speak highly of
accredit
ballyhoo
boost
credit
encourage
heap praise on
panegyrize
pay tribute to
salute
sing the praises of
toast
tout
advocate
approve of
build up
crack up
ennoble
express admiration for
express approval of
hand it to
kudize
pay homage to
pay respects to
proclaim
rave about
recommend
sanction
say nice things about
show appreciation for
speak well of
wax lyrical about
big up
cite
clap
cry up
dignify
distinguish
go into raptures about
make much of
pat on the back
praise to the skies
take one's hat off to
throw bouquets at
glorify
emblazon
stroke
hear it for
exalt
approve
hymn
flatter
rave
root
push
big something up
go into raptures over
give a posy
hats off to
lionize
US
countenance
mention
welcome
magnify
adulate
vaunt
worship
lionise
UK
bless
look on with favour
resound
carol
belaud
gold star
give it up for
crack someone up
blow horn
give kudos
give approval
give a bouquet
rhapsodize over
praise enthusiastically
gush about
enthuse about
enthuse over
gush over
go on about
go wild about
express delight over
brag about
give a boost to
be mad about
givea bouquet
exaggerate
promote
brag
overstate
boast
idealize
US
advance
overvalue
idealise
UK
revere
venerate
reverence
esteem
extoll
adore
idolize
US
respect
idolise
UK
value
deify
put on a pedestal
recognize
US
think highly of
recognise
UK
love
hold in high regard
commemorate
regard
cherish
apotheosize
look up to
treasure
prize
acknowledge
favour
UK
favor
US
elevate
hold in esteem
regard highly
hold in awe
sing
consider
hallow
pray to
rate highly
think much of
have a high opinion of
hero-worship
sanctify
rate
memorialize
US
immortalize
US
enshrine
rhapsodize
US
plug
bow down to
sing praises to
offer prayers to
memorialise
UK
immortalise
UK
sing praises
set store by
set great store by
rhapsodise
UK
value highly
hold in high esteem
wax lyrical
hold dear
give recognition to
glamorize
US
romanticize
US
augment
glamourize
publicize
US
romanticise
UK
glamorise
UK
canonize
US
publicise
UK
suggest
solemnize
US
glamour up
gush
signalize
US
propose
effuse
give thanks to
felicitate
signalise
UK
fuss
lift up
slobber
canonise
UK
solemnise
UK
proposition
drool
enthuse
prescribe
sound the praises of
effervesce
put up
sing paeans to
rave over
second
hold sacred
rhapsodize about
swear by
marvel at
be in awe of
vouch for
take off hat to
give bouquet
have a high regard for
hold in respect
pat on back
look with favour on
be wild about
go on record for
speak favourably of
put in a good word
beat the drum for
hurrah
thank
hurray
celebritize
affirm
uphold
hold high
support
trumpet
observe
pay respects
remember
consecrate
enthrone
keep
erect
uprear
sublime
sing praises of
give credit for
beatify
halo
transfigure
fete
root for
lift
divinize
set much store by
express approval for
apostheosize
bow to
make famous
mark
give ovation
express respect for
think well of
hold in regard
embrace
like
show appreciation
attach importance to
hold in the highest regard
be fond of
think the world of
relish
wonder at
extol the virtues of
think a lot of
sing hyms to
chant to
bow down before
dote on
be devoted to
set on a pedestal
be awed by
show appreciation of
make a fuss of
roll out the red carpet
show respect
bestow honour on
make a fuss over
stand in awe of
apprize
enhance
wish one well
wish happy returns
give regards
give a big cigar
wish joy to
rejoice with
count
guard
offer
heroize
express admiration of
show gratitude to
be grateful for
proffer
nominate
pose
table
bubble
tip
increase
place a high value on
very much like
appreciate greatly
attach great importance to
set a high value on
wassail
adorn
hike
submit
present
be excited
fall all over
be delighted
carry on about
make a to-do
go wild
be passionate
be enthusiastic
talk excitedly
be effusive
go crazy
bubble over
go over the top
go into raptures
get all worked up
show enthusiasm
go mad
be all for
offer a suggestion
hold up
give a tip
stand by
put forward
tip off
front for
drink to
add distinction to
add dignity to
add lustre to
raise one's glass to
give praise to
back
bank on
be satisfied with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To augment or make something greater
enhance
increase
add to
intensify
magnify
amplify
inflate
strengthen
build up
augment
boost
upgrade
raise
lift
escalate
elevate
exalt
swell
aggrandize
enrich
heighten
deepen
stress
reinforce
build
underline
compound
consolidate
emphasise
UK
emphasize
US
expand
further
jack up
extend
hike
increment
accentuate
advance
amp up
balloon
beef up
bump up
crank up
enforce
exacerbate
multiply
pump up
maximise
UK
maximize
US
proliferate
mushroom
improve
enlarge
develop
step up
grow
redouble
mount
up
broaden
supplement
accelerate
rise
hike up
widen
snowball
spread
accumulate
burgeon
aggravate
appreciate
climb
embellish
wax
fortify
bourgeon
elaborate
build on
refine
gain
pad
supersize
hype
ameliorate
top up
fill out
flesh out
make greater
soar
polish
perfect
boom
exaggerate
bolster
roll up
stoke
intensate
progress
better
expand on
make larger
add
shoot up
make better
inflame
rocket
sweeten
buttress
thicken
worsen
highlight
enlarge on
mark up
make bigger
make worse
double
accrue
promote
pump
triple
sharpen
run up
renew
restore
parlay
amass
rouse
embroider
surge
add detail to
support
add flesh to
cultivate
cement
foster
set off
dilate
pick up
ratchet up
elaborate on
skyrocket
go up
pyramid
amend
spike
detail
help
revamp
expatiate
blow up
spiral
secure
dress up
optimize
US
bring out
jazz up
put flesh on the bones of
expatiate on
push up
nurture
corroborate
substantiate
shore up
put up
embolden
empower
uphold
flourish
annex
US
encourage
prolong
jack
candy
turbocharge
underpin
teem
swarm
meliorate
pullulate
rework
collect
evolve
update
tack on
slap on
back up
annexe
UK
optimise
UK
refurbish
uplift
firm up
top
supply
subsidize
US
stimulate
expound
get bigger
stretch
subsidise
UK
upsurge
upscale
hasten
renovate
gather
remodel
increase in value
accent
soup up
quicken
gain strength
arise
buck up
jump
heat up
boost up
jump up
mount up
touch up
leap up
expand upon
pile up
fill up
spruce up
round off
do up
give substance to
put flesh on
exploit
utilize
US
reenforce
upraise
diversify
stroke
follow up
supercharge
distend
utilise
UK
hone
bold
repeat
explicate
show to advantage
display
concentrate
fatten
complement
protract
breadthen
uprise
send up
pile
garnish
fester
fan the flames
advertise
revitalize
US
advertize
endow
add fuel to the fire
add fuel to the flames
turn up
improve on
put salt on the wound
increase in size
explain
increase in scope
beautify
harshen
grow greater
rally
revitalise
UK
get stronger
grow in
stock up
grow larger
goose up
fetch up
send through the roof
ramp up
cumulate
give details
thrive
reaffirm
amplify upon
hot up
become worse
establish
assure
make richer
prosper
go through the roof
billow
lengthen
speed up
stack up
surge up
get higher
leap
vault
tower
escalade
make agreeable
lighten
darken
brighten
whet
point
bloom
reassert
reiterate
stabilize
US
succeed
flower
restate
spurt
pile on
add fuel
tone up
heap on
fuel
become stronger
wire-draw
become strong
bump
rearrange
snazz up
pour it on
grow rapidly
go up in price
foreground
revalue
get larger
hop up
do well
be successful
come on
run high
uptick
justify
sustain
rise in value
solidify
stiffen
harden
tighten
push
add value
upconvert
draw attention to
adjust
uprate
fix
grow quickly
authenticate
spur
inspire
galvanize
US
invigorate
US
stabilise
UK
inspirit
spotlight
glam up
drive
motivate
champion
tick upward
shift upward
fluctuate upward
underscore
endorse
settle
make stable
make secure
make stronger
piggyback
aid
buoy
incentify
maintain
incentivize
US
assist
steel
reward
punch up
make firm
add fuel to fire
eke out
give prominence to
point up
throw something into relief
show up
remaster
lend more weight to
give weight to
scale up
galvanise
UK
back
envigorate
UK
incentivise
UK
defend
confirm
bolster up
spur on
retouch
digitally remaster
tag on
give a boost to
buoy up
repaint
modify
gloss
freshen
repair
reform
modernize
US
recondition
rehabilitate
redecorate
customize
US
redo
make improvements
patch up
give a face-lift
finish off
brush up
smarten up
freshen up
put finishing touches on
modernise
UK
transform
reconstruct
customise
UK
fix up
bring up to code
bring up to date
brighten up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make something fluffy or increase its fluffiness
floof
fluff
increase fluffiness
plump up
Verb
▲
(
pride oneself
)
To take satisfaction or pleasure in one's accomplishments or abilities
pride
pique
plume
flatter
congratulate
exult
felicitate
vaunt
crow about
gasconade
prance
preen
presume
strut
swagger
swell
boast about
brag about
be proud
flatter oneself
glory in
revel in
hold head high
brag
boast
crow
felicitate oneself
congratulate oneself
prance around
exult in
gloat
triumph
bluster
swank
bull
blow
vapor
US
flaunt
puff
skite
talk big
blow hard
pride oneself
blow your own horn
sing your own praises
pat oneself on the back
vapour
UK
preen oneself
lay it on thick
blow your own trumpet
show off
congratulate oneself on
grandstand
showboat
exaggerate
aggrandize
overstate
advertize
advertise
shoot one's mouth off
cock-a-doodle-doo
fly your own kite
blow smoke
pump one's own tires
US
big-note oneself
give oneself airs
give a good account of yourself
hug oneself
preen oneself on
plume oneself on
glory
preen oneself about
pique oneself on
take great pride in
feel self-satisfied about
pat oneself on the back about
gloat about
prate
flourish
rodomontade
trumpet
whoop
parade
roister
mouth
gas
rub it in
triumph over
be smug
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
puff up
)
To praise or compliment, typically excessively or insincerely
puff
flatter
blarney
adulate
honey
praise
stroke
overpraise
massage
belaud
soft-soap
hero-worship
butter up
lay it on thick
brownnose
cajole
soften
sweet-talk
fawn on
spread it on
build up
be all over
charm
inveigle
glorify
humour
UK
flannel
fawn
humor
US
panegyrize
oil
express admiration for
wax lyrical about
suck up to
play up to
work on
rub the right way
compliment excessively
crawl to
creep to
pander to
lay it on with a trowel
compliment
admire
bootlick
wheedle
commend
laud
snow
beslaver
work over
pay court to
say nice things about
sweeten up
pay tribute to
pay blandishments to
make much of
grovel
himor
massage one's ego
apple polish
persuade
coax
brown-nose
court
blandish
curry favor with
US
curry favour
UK
talk into
suck up
get round
rub up the right way
abase oneself to
be obsequious towards
make up to
be sycophantic towards
keep someone sweet
kowtow to
curry favor
US
demean oneself to
bow and scrape to
prevail on
fall all over
prostrate oneself to
curry favour with
UK
get on the right side of
ingratiate oneself with
be servile towards
truckle to
toady to
grovel to
dance attendance on
toady
woo
kowtow
crawl
truckle
entice
lick someone's boots
beguile
apple-polish
creep
win over
be servile
influence
fawn over
smooth-talk
be obsequious
kiss one's feet
tempt
lure
cringe
pander
palaver
ingratiate yourself
induce
sway
cower
fuss
humble oneself
bow and scrape
prostrate oneself
soften up
be sycophantic
revere
urge
seduce
abase yourself
behave obsequiously
bring round
cater to
lay it on
talk
elevate
worship
gush over
allure
convince
get
con
worm
manoeuvre
UK
argue
coerce
be obsequious to
fall on one's knees
kiss up to
smoodge to
maneuver
US
importune
pay court
try to get on the good side of
seek the favour of
honey up
defer to
put on a pedestal
adore
venerate
lionize
US
rave over
submit
stoop
yield
press
defer
encourage
solicit
hook
fawn upon
wangle
lionise
UK
abase oneself before
cultivate
eat crow
be servile to
ingratiate
give in
snivel
bow to
prevail upon
rope in
soothe
knuckle under
kiss-up
be sycophantic to
finagle
scratch one's back
try to win over
argue into
soap
barter
arm-twist
throw oneself at someone's feet
kiss the feet of
submit to
draw
kiss someone's feet
get in with
cozy up
make
reason
prod
humiliate yourself
prostrate oneself before
eat humble pie
win the favor of
back-scratch
kneel
get around
plague
twist one's arm
pester
come on
decoy
talk someone into something
tease
jawbone
prostrate
toe the mark
do everything for
bend
pay homage
cave in
show deference
go along with
overdo it
sweet talk
slaver
use flattery
talk blarney
butter up to
appease
to butter up
bow
fall over oneself for
fanboy
cave in to
be at beck and call
sing the praises of
abase oneself
praise to excess
bow and scrape before
praise to the skies
fangirl
kneel before
smarm around
grovel before
cringe before
buddy up
quail
stroke one's ego
exalt
roose
entreat
beg
implore
genuflect
show respect for
pamper
eat dirt
demean oneself
concede
play up
bend the knee
give way
crouch
sell
more ❯
Verb
▲
To describe or express in too exaggerated terms
magnify
exaggerate
overstate
embellish
embroider
amplify
inflate
overemphasise
UK
overemphasize
US
hyperbolize
dramatise
UK
dramatize
US
overdo
overplay
colour
UK
pad
color
US
overdraw
stretch
fudge
overestimate
overstress
aggrandize
enhance
overrate
pyramid
blow up
build up
elaborate on
make a federal case of
blow up out of all proportion
make a big thing out of
make a mountain out of a molehill
draw the long bow
make a production out of
make a mountain out of
elaborate
expand
heighten
lay it on thick
enlarge
catastrophize
falsify
emphasize
US
distort
puff
emphasise
UK
boost
exalt
make too much of something
play up
blow out of proportion
misrepresent
fabricate
misreport
touch up
stretch the truth
put on
make a big thing of
blow something out of all proportion
flesh out
lay it on with a trowel
brag
boast
lie
hike
overvalue
gild
overpitch
augment
varnish
oversell
romanticize
US
spin
bend
romanticise
UK
dress up
cook up
intensify
corrupt
overuse
misquote
maximize
US
caricature
pervert
overwork
garble
belabour
UK
overembellish
overexaggerate
manipulate
maximise
UK
misstate
overdramatize
belabor
US
cook
fake
misinterpret
go to extremes
ham it up
massage
over-elaborate
misrelate
strain
pile it on
big up
lay on
add colour
expand on
ham up
fill out
make federal case
lay it on with a shovel
draw the longbow
shoot a line
lay it on
make a drama out of a crisis
make a production of
put a spin on
make a big thing about
make a big deal out of something
interlard
blow up out of proportion
emphasize too much
accentuate
detail
expound
give details
overact
disguise
mug
accent
overelaborate
evolve
develop
magnify importance
increase
make a song and dance about
make a fuss
extend
swell
escalate
allow too much for
widen
fill
bloat
balloon
spread
explicate
poison
airbrush
belie
point up
add detail to
add flesh to
stress
get carried away
labor at
enlarge on
blow-up
jazz up
perform
labor
US
labour
UK
take out of context
quote out of context
give a false account of
gloss over
exaggerate information
pump up
beef up
drive up
swell up
act
playact
melodramatize
stage
burlesque
present
give substance to
execute
show
sensationalize
US
splash
produce
sensationalise
UK
overreach
dwell on
hype
overload
harp on
pile on
attach too much importance to
play-act
lay too much stress on
go on and on about
attach too much weight to
go over the top about
go overboard with
play to the gallery
play to gallery
talk big
go overboard
make a performance of
give color to
play on heartstrings
go too far
make a thing about
make a thing of
alter
warp
twist
change
doctor
up
slant
scam
romance
fiddle
fix
juggle
patch
tamper with
pile it on about
pretty up
loud talk
interfere with
lay it on thick about
tinker with
lay it on with a trowel about
fiddle with
improve
adulterate
prevaricate
con
equivocate
palter
reinforce
supplement
refine
broaden
promote
perfect
trump up
polish
phony up
put flesh on the bones of
sugar-coat
add to
build on
rig
expatiate
forge
deceive
fib
improve on
counterfeit
contort
debase
vitiate
gloss
deacon
stretch a point
fake it
frame up
overwrite
overcharge
bias
over-embroider
over-embellish
sugar
skew
confuse
grace
coat
mangle
angle
snow
adorn
deck
brighten
enrich
overdo it
embellish the truth
over-praise
soft-soap
pay extravagant compliments
overstate the case
sweet-talk
make agreeable
give fulsome praise
make over
lay on with a trowel
miscolor
conceal
garnish
beautify
ornament
bedeck
cloak
mask
dress
travesty
parody
paint
begild
plate
aureate
blow smoke
give a false idea of
pass off
cover up
expatiate on
ginger up
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