Meaning & use
Ballooned
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Swelled or increased rapidly and greatly in size, volume, or extent.
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The company's debt ballooned after years of aggressive borrowing.
His cheeks ballooned out as he tried to hold in a laugh.
A note on using this word
A figurative extension of "balloon," used since the 19th century to describe anything expanding dramatically, from costs to crowds.
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