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Made an impressive show of petulance? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stamped

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'made an' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
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(Other definitions for stamped that I've seen before include "Impressed" , "made an impression" , "Walked noisily or angrily" , "Brought the foot down loudly" , "trampled" .)

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