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blowing out of proportion

blowing out of proportion is the present participle and gerund of blow out of proportion.

Meaning of blow out of proportion

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.
    • I don’t think we need to blow it out of proportion. There’s a problem, and we should fix it.

Questions about blowing out of proportion

What is blowing out of proportion the present participle and gerund of?
Blowing out of proportion is the present participle and gerund of blow out of proportion.

Words near blowing out of proportion in the dictionary

  1. blowing one's stack
  2. blowing one's top
  3. blowing one's wad
  4. blowing one's wig
  5. blowing out
  6. blowing out of proportion
  7. blowing out of proportions
  8. blowing out of the water
  9. blowing out one's bags
  10. blowing over
  11. blowing past

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