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blew one's own trumpet

blew one's own trumpet is the simple past of blow one's own trumpet.

Meaning of blow one's own trumpet

Verb

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

  1. (Commonwealth, UK, idiomatic) To praise oneself.

Questions about blew one's own trumpet

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

Words near blew one's own trumpet in the dictionary

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

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