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Plump out   /pləmp aʊt/   Listen
Plump out

verb
1.
Depart suddenly.
2.
Make fat or plump.  Synonyms: fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump.






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"Plump out" Quotes from Famous Books



... But what on earth am I to say? (Stopping as she disappears, and turning to Charteris grumbling) Now really you know, Charteris, this is devilish awkward, upon my life it is. That was a most indelicate thing of you to say plump out before us all—that about ...
— The Philanderer • George Bernard Shaw

... right, she was content to wait for dinner and an explanation. Not so the post-mistress. The agonies of unrequited curiosity the worthy woman suffered that morning until she at last summoned up her resolution and asked the smith plump out and out what it all meant, would have to be experienced to be appreciated. And the smith kept her hanging for a while, too, saying to himself in justification, that it wasn't right the way that old gal had ...
— Red Saunders • Henry Wallace Phillips



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