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Idiom

blow a kiss

Meaning

To kiss one's own hand, then blow on it in a direction towards the recipient.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“She blew a kiss to her grandmother as the car drove away.”

“As the performer left the stage, she blew a kiss to the cheering crowd.”

“Before disappearing into the crowd, he turned back to blow a kiss to his partner, a final gesture of affection before his long journey.”

Examples

simple

“She blew a kiss to her grandmother as the car drove away.”

contextual

“As the performer left the stage, she blew a kiss to the cheering crowd.”

complex

“Before disappearing into the crowd, he turned back to blow a kiss to his partner, a final gesture of affection before his long journey.”

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