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blow up

blo·wup

uncommon informal

verb

1.

cause to explode

  • “We exploded the nuclear bomb”
2.

make large

  • “blow up an image”
Antonyms
5.

exaggerate or make bigger

  • “The charges were inflated”
6.

fill with gas or air

  • “inflate a balloons”
Antonyms
7.

to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

  • “puffed out chests”

Origin

Deverbal from blow up.

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