Blow up and Ballyhoo

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Blow up verb - To praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively.

Usage example: the advertisement blows the new soda up to the point where I half expected to be transported to a higher level of consciousness

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Ballyhoo and blow up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ballyhoo" instead a verb "Blow up".

Ballyhoo verb - To praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively.

Usage example: that reviewer always ballyhoos any book by one of his pet authors

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Blow up and ballyhoo are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Blow up" instead a verb "Ballyhoo".

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