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blowing out of proportions

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

Meaning of blow out of proportions

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, nonstandard, transitive) Synonym of blow out of proportion.

Questions about blowing out of proportions

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

Words near blowing out of proportions in the dictionary

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

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