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blew up in one's face

blew up in one's face is the simple past of blow up in one's face.

Meaning of blow up in one's face

Verb

blow up in one's face (third-person singular simple present blows up in one's face, present participle blowing up in one's face, simple past blew up in one's face, past participle blown up in one's face)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To fail disastrously.
    • Whether the specific pecking order of the game I let them play today had anything to do with the fact that it blew up in my face after five minutes is a question that can be answered only in empirical terms.1972, James Whittaker, Albert Trieschman, editors, Children Away from Home: A Sourcebook of Residential Treatment

Questions about blew up in one's face

What is blew up in one's face the simple past of?
Blew up in one's face is the simple past of blow up in one's face.

Words near blew up in one's face in the dictionary

  1. blew through
  2. blew to kingdom come
  3. blew tomahawks
  4. blew town
  5. blew up
  6. blew up in one's face
  7. blew up the tote
  8. blew upon
  9. blew water
  10. blew wind up someone's skirt
  11. blew wise to

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