Meaning of blow upon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To defame, discredit; make someone the subject of a scandal.
2. To inform against.
   dated, informal
3. To take the bloom or freshness off something.

Equivalents

Examples

“And thenne syre Gawayne made many men to blowe vpon syr launcelot / And all at ones they called hym fals recreaunt knyght. "And then Sir Gawaine made many men to blow⟳ upon Sir Launcelot; and all at once they called him false recreant knight."”

“'I'm afraid,' said the Jew, 'that he may say⟳ something which will get⟳ us into trouble⟳.' 'That's very likely,' returned Sikes with a malicious grin. 'You're blowed upon, Fagin.'”

“How far the very custom of hearing anything spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage, may be seen in those speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys.”

“a lady's maid whose character had been blown upon”

“If it wos so, which I still don't say⟳ it is (for I will not prewaricate to you, sir), let⟳ that there boy keep⟳ his father's place⟳, and take⟳ care of his mother; don't blow⟳ upon that boy's father — do not do it, sir — and let⟳ that father go into the line of the reg'lar diggin', and make⟳ amends for what he would have⟳ undug […]”

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