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Blow upon

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To defame, discredit; make someone the subject of a scandal.

    "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.""

  2. 2
    To inform against. dated, informal

    "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."

  3. 3
    To take the bloom or freshness off something.

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