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blows off course

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

Meaning of blow off course

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively, transitive, often in the passive) To affect negatively, often in an unexpected manner; to derail.
    • He deserves every credit for establishing Labour as the party of economic competence, for reversing a generation of neglect in the public services and for achieving more than any previous Prime Minister in promoting Britain's place in Europe, until the hurricane over his support for the war on Iraq...2003, Robin Cook, “Prologue”, in The Point of Departure: Why One of Britain's Leading Politicians Resigned over Tony Blair's Decision to Go to War in Iraq, London: Simon & Schuster UK, →ISBN, page 1

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

Words near blows off course in the dictionary

  1. blows in
  2. blows into
  3. blows it
  4. blows it out one's ass
  5. blows off
  6. blows off course
  7. blows off one's steam
  8. blows off steam
  9. blows one's chance
  10. blows one's cool
  11. blows one's lid

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