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blotted one's copy book

blotted one's copy book is the simple past and past participle 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 blotted one's copy book

What is blotted one's copy book the simple past and past participle of?
Blotted one's copy book is the simple past and past participle of blot one's copy book.

Words near blotted one's copy book in the dictionary

  1. blots one's copybook
  2. blots out
  3. blots up
  4. blottable
  5. blotted
  6. blotted one's copy book
  7. blotted one's copybook
  8. blotted out
  9. blotted up
  10. blotter
  11. blotter acid

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