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sucks and blows

sucks and blows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of suck and blow.

Meaning of suck and blow

Verb

suck and blow (third-person singular simple present sucks and blows, present participle sucking and blowing, simple past sucked and blew, past participle sucked and blown)

  1. (Canada, UK, idiomatic) To perform two incompatible actions; to hold views which are in contradiction.
    • It is called the Liberal Democratic Party, and it beats our old cleaner, because it can suck and blow at once. They have it both ways. They are like weird hermaphroditic parrotfish, changing sex at will.2003 September 25, Boris Johnson, “The least said about Lib Dems, the better”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 28 May 2018

Questions about sucks and blows

What is sucks and blows the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sucks and blows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of suck and blow.

Words near sucks and blows in the dictionary

  1. Suckramento
  2. sucks
  3. sucks a big one
  4. sucks a lemon
  5. sucks all the air out of
  6. sucks and blows
  7. sucks arse
  8. sucks ass
  9. sucks balls
  10. sucks butt
  11. sucks cheese

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