blow up (
http://definr.com/blow up)
v 1: cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" [syn:
explode,
detonate,
set off]
2: make large; "blow up an image" [syn:
enlarge,
magnify]
[ant:
reduce]
3: blow one's stack; fly off the handle, flip one's wig; lose
one's temper; blow a fuse [syn:
throw a fit]
4: add details to [syn:
embroider,
pad,
lard,
embellish,
aggrandize,
aggrandise,
dramatize,
dramatise]
5: exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" [syn:
inflate,
expand,
amplify]
6: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" [syn:
inflate]
[ant:
deflate]
7: to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the
drugs" [syn:
puff,
puff up,
puff out]