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blew down

blew down is the simple past of blow down.

Meaning of blow down

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To knock over with an air current, most often wind.
    • I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down.
  2. (transitive) To clean off from top to bottom with an air current from a compressed air hose.
    • Blow down this enclosure and do some chip handling before you run this machine any further.
  3. Synonym of dirty down.
    Synonyms:
    dirty down
  4. (US, dated, slang, transitive) To kill (someone) with a gun.
  5. (US, dated, slang, transitive) To signal to someone by blowing into a whistle.

Questions about blew down

What is blew down the simple past of?
Blew down is the simple past of blow down.

Words near blew down in the dictionary

  1. blew a kiss
  2. blew apart
  3. blew ass
  4. blew away
  5. blew chunks
  6. blew down
  7. blew from a gun
  8. blew hot and cold
  9. blew in
  10. blew into
  11. blew it

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