puff up

verbs

make larger or distend
"The estimates were puffed up"
puff up
is a type of (narrower)
exaggerate or make bigger
"The charges were inflated"
amplify, blow up, expand, inflate
to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
"puffed out chests"
blow up, puff, puff out, puff up
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
"The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
puff up, swell
praise extravagantly
"The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
puff, puff up