gain/put on weight

přibrat (na váze), ztloustnout

In the weeks that followed, he found that the food supplements seemed to be making him put on weight, which was slightly worrying. (BNC)

Paula Yates, for instance, admits in an interview in Woman magazine that she is so thin that she had to put on weight before she could become pregnant. (BNC)

People who don't put on weight take it for granted that the rest of us are greedy and lacking in will power. (BNC)

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