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turn the air blue

turn the air blue verb: to speak a stream of bad language; to curse and swear.

Verb

turn the air blue (third-person singular simple present turns the air blue, present participle turning the air blue, simple past and past participle turned the air blue)

  1. (idiomatic) To speak a stream of bad language; to curse and swear.
    • ... he then relieved his feelings by kicking the lot, collectively and separately, swearing continuously in a strain calculated to turn the air blue all around him.1893, Isabella Castelar, The Spanish Treasure: A Story of Love and the Love of Gold, page 228

Forms of turn the air blue

third-person singular presentturns the air blue
present participleturning the air blue
past participleturned the air blue
pastturned the air blue

Questions about turn the air blue

What does turn the air blue mean?
Turn the air blue means to speak a stream of bad language; to curse and swear.
What part of speech is turn the air blue?
Turn the air blue is a verb.
What is the past tense of turn the air blue?
The past tense of turn the air blue is turned the air blue.

Words near turn the air blue in the dictionary

  1. turn south
  2. turn square corners
  3. turn stop
  4. turn stops
  5. turn tail
  6. turn the air blue
  7. turn the boat
  8. turn the boat around
  9. turn the clock back
  10. turn the clocks back
  11. turn the cold shoulder on someone

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