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blessverb [ T ]

uk ​ /bles/ us ​ /bles/ past tense and past participle blessed or literary blest

Idiom(s)

bless!
bless their little cotton socks
bless my soul!
bless you!
bless you

bless!

› UK informal used to show that you think someone is sweet or that you feel sorry for them :

Look at that little boy trying to help! Bless!
Was she crying? Ah, bless!

(Definition of “bless” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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blessverb [ T ]

us ​ /bles/

› to ask for God’s help and protection for someone or something, or to call or make someone or something holy:

[ T ] God bless our soldiers.

Idiom(s)

bless your heart
blessed with
(God) bless you!

(Definition of “bless” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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