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blows upon

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

Meaning of blow upon

Verb

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

  1. To defame, discredit; make someone the subject of a scandal.
    • And thenne syre Gawayne made many men to blowe vpon syr launcelot / And all at ones they called hym fals recreaunt knyght.
      "And then Sir Gawaine made many men to blow upon Sir Launcelot; and all at once they called him false recreant knight."1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XX, Chapter xij, leaf 409r
  2. (dated, informal) To inform against.
    • How far the very custom of hearing anything spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage, may be seen in those speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys.1811, Charles Lamb, On the Tragedies of Shakespeare Considered with Reference to their Fitness for Stage Representation
  3. To take the bloom or freshness off something.

Questions about blows upon

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

Words near blows upon in the dictionary

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

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