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puffing one's chest

puffing one's chest is the present participle and gerund of puff one's chest.

Meaning of puff one's chest

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.

Questions about puffing one's chest

What is puffing one's chest the present participle and gerund of?
Puffing one's chest is the present participle and gerund of puff one's chest.

Words near puffing one's chest in the dictionary

  1. puffinesses
  2. puffinet
  3. puffinets
  4. puffing
  5. puffing Billy
  6. puffing one's chest
  7. puffing out
  8. puffing pig
  9. puffing pigs
  10. puffing the magic dragon
  11. puffing up

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