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blow a hole through

blow a hole through verb: to destroy the integrity or cohesion of.

Verb

blow a hole through (third-person singular simple present blows a hole through, present participle blowing a hole through, simple past blew a hole through, past participle blown a hole through)

  1. (idiomatic) To destroy the integrity or cohesion of.
    • That one small confession to a man she barely knew blew a hole through her emotional dam and everything she'd held back for the last week flooded out.2012, Jennifer Allee, A Wild Goose Chase Christmas
    • 'By taking down the towers, Sept 11 blew a hole through the errors of the past.2017, John Strawson, Law after Ground Zero
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, hole, through.

Forms of blow a hole through

third-person singular presentblows a hole through
present participleblowing a hole through
pastblew a hole through
past participleblown a hole through

Questions about blow a hole through

What does blow a hole through mean?
Blow a hole through means to destroy the integrity or cohesion of.
What part of speech is blow a hole through?
Blow a hole through is a verb.
What is the past tense of blow a hole through?
The past tense of blow a hole through is blew a hole through.

Words near blow a hole through in the dictionary

  1. blow
  2. blow a backsight
  3. blow a cloud
  4. blow a fuse
  5. blow a gasket
  6. blow a hole through
  7. blow a kiss
  8. blow a nut
  9. blow apart
  10. blow ass
  11. blow away

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