"blow out one's bags" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: blows out one's bags [present, singular, third-person], blowing out one's bags [participle, present], blew out one's bags [past], blown out one's bags [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|blow<,,blew,blown> out one's bags|head=blow out one's bags}} blow out one's bags (third-person singular simple present blows out one's bags, present participle blowing out one's bags, simple past blew out one's bags, past participle blown out one's bags)
  1. (slang) To talk in a boastful or overweening manner. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-blow_out_one's_bags-en-verb-yZYlenLp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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