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blows off one's steam

blows off one's steam is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blow off one's steam.

Meaning of blow off one's steam

Verb

blow off one's steam (third-person singular simple present blows off one's steam, present participle blowing off one's steam, simple past blew off one's steam, past participle blown off one's steam)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of blow off steam.
    • During this hour or hour and a half he used to take his fling, going round to the studies of all his acquaintance, sparring or gossiping in the hall, now jumping the old iron-bound tables, or carving a bit of his name on them, then joining in some chorus of merry voices — in fact, blowing off his...1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days
    Synonyms:
    blow off steam

Questions about blows off one's steam

What is blows off one's steam the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Blows off one's steam is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blow off one's steam.

Words near blows off one's steam in the dictionary

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

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