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blow on

verb
  1. To forcefully expel air from the lungs onto an object. (transitive) · Dennis blew on the carrot he'd dropped on the floor.· Blow on your soup to cool it down.
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I had just time to blow on my police-whistle, and then I must have fainted, for I knew nothing more until I found the policeman standing over me in the hall.”
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 75 · C1
Finally, he picked up his hunting-crop and struck Napoleon a sharp blow on the top of the head.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 94 · C1

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