Blew great guns In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "blew great guns", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jimmy Hung calendar 2019-10-01 12:10

Meaning of Blew great guns (redirected from blow great guns )

Synonyms:

blow a gale

Blow great guns phrase

To be extremely windy.
 

 

Look at the road! Several trees were blown down! It must have blown great guns last night!

John must be crazy! He's gone sailing when it is blowing great guns!

When I was driving home from work, it suddenly blew great guns, and that made me fall.

Grammar and Usage of Blow great guns

Verb Forms

  • blew great guns
  • blowing great guns
  • blown great guns

The verb "blow" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Blow great guns

The origin of this phrase is not clear.
 

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