blow one's stack in English

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-blow one's stack.wav

Forms: blows one's stack [present, singular, third-person], blowing one's stack [participle, present], blew one's stack [past], blown one's stack [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|blow<,,blew,blown> one's stack}} blow one's stack (third-person singular simple present blows one's stack, present participle blowing one's stack, simple past blew one's stack, past participle blown one's stack)

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"blow one's stack" meaning in English

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