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blowing up in one's face

blowing up in one's face is the present participle and gerund of blow up in one's face.

Meaning of blow up in one's face

Verb

blow up in one's face (third-person singular simple present blows up in one's face, present participle blowing up in one's face, simple past blew up in one's face, past participle blown up in one's face)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To fail disastrously.
    • Whether the specific pecking order of the game I let them play today had anything to do with the fact that it blew up in my face after five minutes is a question that can be answered only in empirical terms.1972, James Whittaker, Albert Trieschman, editors, Children Away from Home: A Sourcebook of Residential Treatment

Questions about blowing up in one's face

What is blowing up in one's face the present participle and gerund of?
Blowing up in one's face is the present participle and gerund of blow up in one's face.

Words near blowing up in one's face in the dictionary

  1. blowing through
  2. blowing to kingdom come
  3. blowing tomahawks
  4. blowing town
  5. blowing up
  6. blowing up in one's face
  7. blowing up the tote
  8. blowing upon
  9. blowing water
  10. blowing wind up someone's skirt
  11. blowing wise to

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