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blew out of proportion

blew out of proportion is the simple past of blow out of proportion.

Meaning of blow out of proportion

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.
    • I don’t think we need to blow it out of proportion. There’s a problem, and we should fix it.

Questions about blew out of proportion

What is blew out of proportion the simple past of?
Blew out of proportion is the simple past of blow out of proportion.

Words near blew out of proportion in the dictionary

  1. blew one's stack
  2. blew one's top
  3. blew one's wad
  4. blew one's wig
  5. blew out
  6. blew out of proportion
  7. blew out of proportions
  8. blew out of the water
  9. blew out one's bags
  10. blew over
  11. blew past

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