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blows hot and cold

blows hot and cold is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blow hot and cold.

Meaning of blow hot and cold

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion.
    • For a week, she couldn't get enough of me. The next week, her interest blew hot and cold, and a week later she dumped me.

Questions about blows hot and cold

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

Words near blows hot and cold in the dictionary

  1. blows ass
  2. blows away
  3. blows chunks
  4. blows down
  5. blows from a gun
  6. blows hot and cold
  7. blows in
  8. blows into
  9. blows it
  10. blows it out one's ass
  11. blows off

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