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blew one's top

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

Meaning of blow one's top

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively, slang) To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper.
    • When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he just blew his top.

Questions about blew one's top

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

Words near blew one's top in the dictionary

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

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