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blown out one's bags

blown out one's bags is the past participle 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 blown out one's bags the past participle of?
Blown out one's bags is the past participle of blow out one's bags.

Words near blown out one's bags in the dictionary

  1. blown one's wig
  2. blown out
  3. blown out of proportion
  4. blown out of proportions
  5. blown out of the water
  6. blown out one's bags
  7. blown over
  8. blown past
  9. blown pupil
  10. blown pupils
  11. blown save

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