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blew a gasket

blew a gasket is the simple past of blow a gasket.

Meaning of blow a gasket

Verb

blow a gasket (third-person singular simple present blows a gasket, present participle blowing a gasket, simple past blew a gasket, past participle blown a gasket)

  1. (informal) To become very angry or upset.
    • Jack blew a gasket when he saw his son's poor report card.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, gasket. To cause the seal made by a gasket to fail.

Questions about blew a gasket

What is blew a gasket the simple past of?
Blew a gasket is the simple past of blow a gasket.

Words near blew a gasket in the dictionary

  1. Blevins
  2. Blevinses
  3. blew
  4. blew a cloud
  5. blew a fuse
  6. blew a gasket
  7. blew a hole through
  8. blew a kiss
  9. blew apart
  10. blew ass
  11. blew away

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