blow smoke
blow smoke · blows smoke · blew smoke · blown smoke · blowing smoke
обманути, обманювати
обмануть, обманывать
täuschen, betrügen
To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truthTo speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
» Tom blew smoke in my face.
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1 sensesTo speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
Are these "statistics" they cite verifiable, or are they just blowing smoke, trying to scare people?
Examples
9 sentencesTranslations
4 languagesOrigin
By shortening of the full expression blow smoke up someone's ass, deemed less vulgar.By shortening of the full expression blow smoke up someone's ass, deemed less vulgar.
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Forms
blows smoke, blowing smoke, blew smoke, blown smoke| Base form | blow smoke · to blow smoke |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | blows smoke |
| Present participle | blowing smoke |
| Past simple | blew smoke |
| Past participle | blown smoke |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedsmoke blower
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.