Definition of "puff out" []

• To inflate (verb)
• To blow briefly and lightly. (verb)

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• "As a youngster he would follow the soldiers every parade day, not for the glory of marching in step to the music of the band, but for the chance it gave him to throw back his shoulders, puff out his small chest, and blow on his tin pipe-whistle in adoring imitation of the bugler."
• "An Englishwoman dropping into French will soften herself and puff out her lips for pertness, while her male counterpart will veer towards the pompous."
• "All you moralizers, who puff out your chests and talk about how moral you are, are the first ones to throw it all away when times get desperate."