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blow past

blow past verb: to easily overcome or go around a safeguard or limit.

Verb

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

  1. To easily overcome or go around a safeguard or limit.
    • I've just blown past my calorie limit for the day.

Forms of blow past

third-person singular presentblows past
present participleblowing past
pastblew past
past participleblown past

Questions about blow past

What does blow past mean?
Blow past means to easily overcome or go around a safeguard or limit.
What part of speech is blow past?
Blow past is a verb.
What is the past tense of blow past?
The past tense of blow past is blew past.

Words near blow past in the dictionary

  1. blow out of proportion
  2. blow out of proportions
  3. blow out of the water
  4. blow out one's bags
  5. blow over
  6. blow past
  7. blow poke
  8. blow pokes
  9. blow sky high
  10. blow smoke
  11. blow smoke up someone's arse

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