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puff one's chest

puff one's chest verb: to act arrogantly and resolutely.

Verb

puff one's chest (third-person singular simple present puffs one's chest, present participle puffing one's chest, simple past and past participle puffed one's chest)

  1. To act arrogantly and resolutely.

Forms of puff one's chest

third-person singular presentpuffs one's chest
present participlepuffing one's chest
past participlepuffed one's chest
pastpuffed one's chest

Origin of puff one's chest

Compare French bomber le torse.

Questions about puff one's chest

What does puff one's chest mean?
Puff one's chest means to act arrogantly and resolutely.
What part of speech is puff one's chest?
Puff one's chest is a verb.
What is the past tense of puff one's chest?
The past tense of puff one's chest is puffed one's chest.

Words near puff one's chest in the dictionary

  1. Pufești
  2. puff
  3. puff adder
  4. puff adders
  5. puff and darts
  6. puff one's chest
  7. puff out
  8. puff paste
  9. puff pastes
  10. puff pastries
  11. puff pastry

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