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blew one's nose

blew one's nose is the simple past of blow one's nose.

Meaning of blow one's nose

Verb

blow one's nose (third-person singular simple present blows one's nose, present participle blowing one's nose, simple past blew one's nose, past participle blown one's nose)

  1. (intransitive) To expel mucus or other matter from one's nasal passages, via one's nostril, by force of lung power.
    • You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called Arthur-king, you and all your silly English kaniggets [sic].1975, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (motion picture), spoken by French Taunter (John Cleese)

Questions about blew one's nose

What is blew one's nose the simple past of?
Blew one's nose is the simple past of blow one's nose.

Words near blew one's nose in the dictionary

  1. blew off steam
  2. blew one's chance
  3. blew one's cool
  4. blew one's lid
  5. blew one's load
  6. blew one's nose
  7. blew one's own trumpet
  8. blew one's stack
  9. blew one's top
  10. blew one's wad
  11. blew one's wig

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