puff
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～ breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
puff
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～ praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
puff
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～ smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
puff
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～ make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
puff out
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～ to swell or cause to enlarge; "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"
puff
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～ suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
puke
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～ eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
pule
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～ cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain"
pull
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～ move into a certain direction; "the car pulls to the right"
pull out
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～ remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"
pull a face
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～ contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"
pull
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～ strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
pull
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～ cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"
pull back
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～ move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"
pull in one's horns
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～ make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
pull
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～ remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
pull
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～ perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
pull ahead
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～ obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"; "win points"
pull down
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～ cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
pull back
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～ pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"