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put someone on blast

put someone on blast verb: to embarrass by publicly denouncing or exposing, especially by using social media.

Verb

put someone on blast (third-person singular simple present puts someone on blast, present participle putting someone on blast, simple past and past participle put someone on blast)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To embarrass by publicly denouncing or exposing, especially by using social media.
    • For one, putting Sapp on blast like that without knowing his circumstances isn't very classy nor professional and two who's to say the waitress didn't supply good service which is a very popular reason as to why some people don't tip.2014 July 2, EJ, “Lawd Geeeeeezus: Waitress Puts Warren Sapp's 'No Tip' Ticket On Blast”, in Design & Trend
    • Mia Khalifa has no problem calling people out for constantly sliding into her DM’s. Buffalo Bills safety Duke Williams learned that the hard way when the porn star put him on blast for doing just that via Twitter.2015 July 13, Michelle Phi, “Duke Williams: Mia Khalifa Puts NFL Player On Blast For Multiple Twitter Messages”, in Hollywood Life

Forms of put someone on blast

third-person singular presentputs someone on blast
present participleputting someone on blast
past participleput someone on blast
pastput someone on blast

Questions about put someone on blast

What does put someone on blast mean?
Put someone on blast means to embarrass by publicly denouncing or exposing, especially by using social media.
What part of speech is put someone on blast?
Put someone on blast is a verb.
What is the past tense of put someone on blast?
The past tense of put someone on blast is put someone on blast.

Words near put someone on blast in the dictionary

  1. put someone in a box
  2. put someone in a false position
  3. put someone in hospital
  4. put someone in mind of
  5. put someone in their place
  6. put someone on blast
  7. put someone on game
  8. put someone on ice
  9. put someone on to
  10. put someone out of their misery
  11. put someone through their paces

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