blow hot air

verb

To engage in empty or exaggerated talk that lacks substance, credibility, or truth; to bluster.

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Meanings

verbblow hot air (third-person singular simple present blows hot air, present participle blowing hot air, simple past blew hot air, past participle blown hot air)

present singular third person blows hot air · participle present blowing hot air · past blew hot air · participle past blown hot air

  1. idiomaticTo engage in empty or exaggerated talk that lacks substance, credibility, or truth; to bluster.

    Ralph (Pig Cop #2): ALRIGHT, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?! BREAK IT UP! Duke: Cool it, officer. He's just blowing hot air. No one's paying no mind. Fritz: Come the revolution, there gonna be no more limousines! Come the revolution, there gonna be no more strawberries and cream! See?!

    1972, Ralph Bakshi, Fritz the Cat
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