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blew over

blew over is the simple past of blow over.

Meaning of blow over

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To blow on something causing it to topple.
    • The wind blew over the pole.
  2. (intransitive) To be knocked down by wind.
    • The tree blew over in the storm.
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To pass naturally; to go away; to calm down or subside.
    • They huddled, waiting for the storm to blow over.
  4. (transitive) To overwhelm.
    • I'm still mending from all that time ago, that was your purpose, so this could happen for me and so I can change the world and make it a better place, but I can't without fans, that blow me over with their wishes and dreams that couldn't exist without them.2011, Sandra Leigh Savage, Love Letters, →ISBN, page 79

Questions about blew over

What is blew over the simple past of?
Blew over is the simple past of blow over.

Words near blew over in the dictionary

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

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