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blowing the coals

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

Meaning of blow the coals

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively) To excite passion.

Questions about blowing the coals

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

Words near blowing the coals in the dictionary

  1. blowing someone's skirt up
  2. blowing someone's socks off
  3. blowing someone's trumpet
  4. blowing sunshine up someone's ass
  5. blowing sunshine up someone's skirt
  6. blowing the coals
  7. blowing the cobwebs away
  8. blowing the doors off
  9. blowing the gaff
  10. blowing the grampus
  11. blowing the lid off

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