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blowing over

blowing over is the present participle and gerund of blow over.

Meaning of blow over

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To blow on something causing it to topple.
    • The wind blew over the pole.
  2. (intransitive) To be knocked down by wind.
    • The tree blew over in the storm.
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To pass naturally; to go away; to calm down or subside.
    • They huddled, waiting for the storm to blow over.
  4. (transitive) To overwhelm.
    • I'm still mending from all that time ago, that was your purpose, so this could happen for me and so I can change the world and make it a better place, but I can't without fans, that blow me over with their wishes and dreams that couldn't exist without them.2011, Sandra Leigh Savage, Love Letters, →ISBN, page 79

Questions about blowing over

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

Words near blowing over in the dictionary

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

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