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blown one's nose

blown one's nose is the past participle of blow one's nose.

Meaning of blow one's nose

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To expel mucus or other matter from one's nasal passages, via one's nostril, by force of lung power.
    • You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called Arthur-king, you and all your silly English kaniggets [sic].1975, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (motion picture), spoken by French Taunter (John Cleese)

Questions about blown one's nose

What is blown one's nose the past participle of?
Blown one's nose is the past participle of blow one's nose.

Words near blown one's nose in the dictionary

  1. blown off steam
  2. blown one's chance
  3. blown one's cool
  4. blown one's lid
  5. blown one's load
  6. blown one's nose
  7. blown one's own trumpet
  8. blown one's stack
  9. blown one's top
  10. blown one's wad
  11. blown one's wig

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