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blow from a gun

blow from a gun verb: to execute by tying against the muzzle of a loaded cannon, which is then fired.

blow from a gun: to execute by tying against the muzzle of a loaded cannon, which is then fired
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Verb

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

  1. (historical, transitive) To execute by tying against the muzzle of a loaded cannon, which is then fired.

Forms of blow from a gun

third-person singular presentblows from a gun
present participleblowing from a gun
pastblew from a gun
past participleblown from a gun

Questions about blow from a gun

What does blow from a gun mean?
Blow from a gun means to execute by tying against the muzzle of a loaded cannon, which is then fired.
What part of speech is blow from a gun?
Blow from a gun is a verb.
What is the past tense of blow from a gun?
The past tense of blow from a gun is blew from a gun.

Words near blow from a gun in the dictionary

  1. blow fish
  2. blow flies
  3. blow fly
  4. blow football
  5. blow forward
  6. blow from a gun
  7. blow high, blow low
  8. blow horn
  9. blow horns
  10. blow hot air
  11. blow hot and cold

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