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blow the coals

blow the coals verb: to excite passion.

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively) To excite passion.

Forms of blow the coals

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

Origin of blow the coals

In reference to blowing on the coals of a fire to make it flare up.

Questions about blow the coals

What does blow the coals mean?
Blow the coals means to excite passion.
What part of speech is blow the coals?
Blow the coals is a verb.
What is the past tense of blow the coals?
The past tense of blow the coals is blew the coals.

Words near blow the coals in the dictionary

  1. blow someone's skirt up
  2. blow someone's socks off
  3. blow someone's trumpet
  4. blow sunshine up someone's ass
  5. blow sunshine up someone's skirt
  6. blow the coals
  7. blow the cobwebs away
  8. blow the doors off
  9. blow the gaff
  10. blow the grampus
  11. blow the lid off

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