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blows out one's bags

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

Meaning of blow out one's bags

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To talk in a boastful or overweening manner.
    • After that Premiers came back from the Eastern States and blew out their bags, declaring that they had secured certain advantages, that they had obtained so many more million pounds to disburse.1942, Western Australia. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, page 273

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Blows out one's bags is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blow out one's bags.

Words near blows out one's bags in the dictionary

  1. blows one's wig
  2. blows out
  3. blows out of proportion
  4. blows out of proportions
  5. blows out of the water
  6. blows out one's bags
  7. blows over
  8. blows past
  9. blows smoke
  10. blows someone's back out
  11. blows someone's brains out

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