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blots one's copy book

blots one's copy book is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blot one's copy book.

Meaning of blot one's copy book

Verb

blot one's copy book (third-person singular simple present blots one's copy book, present participle blotting one's copy book, simple past and past participle blotted one's copy book)

  1. (idiomatic) To damage one's own reputation through bad behavior.
    • Now, it was the College that had blotted its copybook1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

Questions about blots one's copy book

What is blots one's copy book the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Blots one's copy book is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blot one's copy book.

Words near blots one's copy book in the dictionary

  1. Blotnick
  2. Blotnicks
  3. blots
  4. blots on escutcheons
  5. blots on the escutcheon
  6. blots one's copy book
  7. blots one's copybook
  8. blots out
  9. blots up
  10. blottable
  11. blotted

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