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blew the coals

blew the coals is the simple past of blow the coals.

Meaning of blow the coals

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively) To excite passion.

Questions about blew the coals

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

Words near blew the coals in the dictionary

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

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