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blows down

blows down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blow down.

Meaning of blow down

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To knock over with an air current, most often wind.
    • I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down.
  2. (transitive) To clean off from top to bottom with an air current from a compressed air hose.
    • Blow down this enclosure and do some chip handling before you run this machine any further.
  3. Synonym of dirty down.
    Synonyms:
    dirty down
  4. (US, dated, slang, transitive) To kill (someone) with a gun.
  5. (US, dated, slang, transitive) To signal to someone by blowing into a whistle.

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What is blows down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Blows down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blow down.

Words near blows down in the dictionary

  1. blows a kiss
  2. blows apart
  3. blows ass
  4. blows away
  5. blows chunks
  6. blows down
  7. blows from a gun
  8. blows hot and cold
  9. blows in
  10. blows into
  11. blows it

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