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blew out one's bags

blew out one's bags is the simple past of blow out one's bags.

Meaning of blow out one's bags

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To talk in a boastful or overweening manner.
    • After that Premiers came back from the Eastern States and blew out their bags, declaring that they had secured certain advantages, that they had obtained so many more million pounds to disburse.1942, Western Australia. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, page 273

Questions about blew out one's bags

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

Words near blew out one's bags in the dictionary

  1. blew one's wig
  2. blew out
  3. blew out of proportion
  4. blew out of proportions
  5. blew out of the water
  6. blew out one's bags
  7. blew over
  8. blew past
  9. blew smoke
  10. blew someone's back out
  11. blew someone's brains out

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