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blow the lid off

blow the lid off verb: to uncover (a secret or scandal).

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To uncover (a secret or scandal).
    • Her presence forces churchpeople to consider on what grounds gay relationships can be sanctioned within the community. This question blows the lid off of notions of the special sacredness of heterosexual monogamy.1979 April 28, John Graczak, “The Sacred and the Profane”, in Gay Community News, page 16

Forms of blow the lid off

third-person singular presentblows the lid off
present participleblowing the lid off
pastblew the lid off
past participleblown the lid off

Questions about blow the lid off

What does blow the lid off mean?
Blow the lid off means to uncover (a secret or scandal).
What part of speech is blow the lid off?
Blow the lid off is a verb.
What is the past tense of blow the lid off?
The past tense of blow the lid off is blew the lid off.

Words near blow the lid off in the dictionary

  1. blow the coals
  2. blow the cobwebs away
  3. blow the doors off
  4. blow the gaff
  5. blow the grampus
  6. blow the lid off
  7. blow the roof off
  8. blow the whistle
  9. blow this for a game of soldiers
  10. blow this for a lark
  11. blow this pop stand

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