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blows up in one's face

blows up in one's face is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blow up in one's face.

Meaning of blow up in one's face

Verb

blow up in one's face (third-person singular simple present blows up in one's face, present participle blowing up in one's face, simple past blew up in one's face, past participle blown up in one's face)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To fail disastrously.
    • Whether the specific pecking order of the game I let them play today had anything to do with the fact that it blew up in my face after five minutes is a question that can be answered only in empirical terms.1972, James Whittaker, Albert Trieschman, editors, Children Away from Home: A Sourcebook of Residential Treatment

Questions about blows up in one's face

What is blows up in one's face the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Blows up in one's face is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blow up in one's face.

Words near blows up in one's face in the dictionary

  1. blows through
  2. blows to kingdom come
  3. blows tomahawks
  4. blows town
  5. blows up
  6. blows up in one's face
  7. blows up the tote
  8. blows upon
  9. blows water
  10. blows wind up someone's skirt
  11. blows wise to

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