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blotting one's copy book

blotting one's copy book is the present participle and gerund 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 blotting one's copy book

What is blotting one's copy book the present participle and gerund of?
Blotting one's copy book is the present participle and gerund of blot one's copy book.

Words near blotting one's copy book in the dictionary

  1. blotteth
  2. blottier
  3. blottiest
  4. blotting
  5. blotting book
  6. blotting one's copy book
  7. blotting one's copybook
  8. blotting out
  9. blotting pad
  10. blotting paper
  11. blotting papers

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