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blow up the tote

blow up the tote verb: to win a race as a long shot.

Verb

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

  1. To win a race as a long shot.
    • Giacomo blew up the tote by winning the 2005 Kentucky Derby at odds of 50-1.

Forms of blow up the tote

third-person singular presentblows up the tote
present participleblowing up the tote
pastblew up the tote
past participleblown up the tote
alternative formlight up the tote

Origin of blow up the tote

From the whimsical notion that the payout on a particularly high-priced longshot might be a larger number than the tote board is capable of computing and/or displaying.

Questions about blow up the tote

What does blow up the tote mean?
Blow up the tote means to win a race as a long shot.
What part of speech is blow up the tote?
Blow up the tote is a verb.
What is the past tense of blow up the tote?
The past tense of blow up the tote is blew up the tote.

Words near blow up the tote in the dictionary

  1. blow torch
  2. blow torches
  3. blow town
  4. blow up
  5. blow up in one's face
  6. blow up the tote
  7. blow upon
  8. blow valve
  9. blow valves
  10. blow water
  11. blow wide open

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