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blown over

blown over is the past participle 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 blown over

What is blown over the past participle of?
Blown over is the past participle of blow over.

Words near blown over in the dictionary

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

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