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blew someone's trumpet

blew someone's trumpet is the simple past of blow someone's trumpet.

Meaning of blow someone's trumpet

Verb

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

  1. To praise someone.
    • Of course they had heard Lucy speak of me, and it seemed that Dr. Van Helsing, too, has been quite “blowing my trumpet,” as Mr. Morris expressed it.1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula

Questions about blew someone's trumpet

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

Words near blew someone's trumpet in the dictionary

  1. blew someone's brains out
  2. blew someone's cover
  3. blew someone's mind
  4. blew someone's skirt up
  5. blew someone's socks off
  6. blew someone's trumpet
  7. blew sunshine up someone's ass
  8. blew sunshine up someone's skirt
  9. blew the coals
  10. blew the cobwebs away
  11. blew the doors off

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