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blows out of proportion

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

Meaning of blow out of proportion

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.
    • I don’t think we need to blow it out of proportion. There’s a problem, and we should fix it.

Questions about blows out of proportion

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

Words near blows out of proportion in the dictionary

  1. blows one's stack
  2. blows one's top
  3. blows one's wad
  4. blows one's wig
  5. blows out
  6. blows out of proportion
  7. blows out of proportions
  8. blows out of the water
  9. blows out one's bags
  10. blows over
  11. blows past

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