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blowing out one's bags

blowing out one's bags is the present participle and gerund of blow out one's bags.

Meaning of blow out one's bags

Verb

blow out one's bags (third-person singular simple present blows out one's bags, present participle blowing out one's bags, simple past blew out one's bags, past participle blown out one's bags)

  1. (slang) To talk in a boastful or overweening manner.
    • After that Premiers came back from the Eastern States and blew out their bags, declaring that they had secured certain advantages, that they had obtained so many more million pounds to disburse.1942, Western Australia. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, page 273

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What is blowing out one's bags the present participle and gerund of?
Blowing out one's bags is the present participle and gerund of blow out one's bags.

Words near blowing out one's bags in the dictionary

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

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