puff along

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puff along

1. [for someone] to run along, puffing to breathe. Sam puffed along, jogging on his morning route. As Wally puffed along, he thought again about going on a diet.

2. [for an engine] to move along, putting out puffs of smoke or steam. The old engine puffed along, driving the small boat slowly up the river. The locomotive puffed along, not making very much headway up the hill.

See also: along, puff

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Do we want to echo the US, where hordes of chubby kids puff along the streets behind parents? IRISH DAILY MIRROR COMMENT : We deserve schools fit for our kids by The Mirror (London, England) I can remember the time when every main line station that you might pass through had a little train standing in a bay platform, often just a tank engine and a couple of carriages, that would puff along to places like Fowey or Scots Gap. Willy Poole column by The Journal (Newcastle, England) While many of us "feel" the smog as we puff along on a bicycle or "feel" the city pollution on our skin, the connection is much greater than we think. Forecast: asthma, cholera and malaria: the Australian Medical ... by Krishnapillai, Sarojini / Habitat Australia			prowl prowl about prune prune away prune of prune off pry pry around pry from pry into pry off pry up psych psych out psych up psyche psyched psyched up public public enemy number one publication publish or perish pucker up pudding puff puff along puff at puff out puff up pull pull a boner pull a fast one pull a gun pull a job pull a muscle pull a rabbit out of hat pull a rabbit out of the hat pull a stunt pull about pull ahead pull all the stops out pull alongside pull any punches pull apart pull around pull around to pull aside pull at pull away from pull back pull by			Puetro Rico PUEU Pueyrredon Pueyrredón Pueyrredón, Juan Martín de Puf PUFA PUFA PUFB Pufc PUFEM Pufendorf Pufendorf Pufendorf, Samuel von Pufendorf, Samuel, Baron von puff puff puff puff puff puff puff Puff (chromosomal) Puff (chromosomal) puff adder puff adder puff adder Puff adders Puff adders Puff adders puff along puff at Puff Ball puff batter Puff bird puff cone Puff Daddy puff disease puff of air Puff of Smoke Sign puff of wind puff out puff out puff out puff out puff paste puff pastry puff piece puff pipe Puff Puff Pass puff sleeve puff sleeves Puff the Magic Dragon puff up puff up puff up puff up puff up Puff-adder Puff-adder Puff-adder

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