"blow out of proportions" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: blows out of proportions [present, singular, third-person], blowing out of proportions [participle, present], blew out of proportions [past], blown out of proportions [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|blow<,,blew,blown> out of proportions}} blow out of proportions (third-person singular simple present blows out of proportions, present participle blowing out of proportions, simple past blew out of proportions, past participle blown out of proportions)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic, nonstandard) Synonym of blow out of proportion. Tags: idiomatic, nonstandard, transitive Synonyms: blow out of proportion [synonym, synonym-of]
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