unpuff
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[edit]unpuff (third-person singular simple present unpuffs, present participle unpuffing, simple past and past participle unpuffed)
- (transitive) To bring out of a puffed-up or puffy state.
- 2011, Kristen Ashley, Rock Chick Regret:
- It's going to take me hours to unpuff my eyes enough to put makeup on again!
- 2015, Dennis J. Stevens, Cops and Docs in America:
- We had a good laugh that day, but it took some time for him to unpuff his chest as he understood that his sample had few choices in their responses under the circumstances.