bless someone with

English

Verb

bless someone with (third-person singular simple present blesses someone with, present participle blessing someone with, simple past and past participle blessed someone with)

1. (idiomatic) To give or bestow, as a gift from God.

   The Lord has blessed me with a beautiful family!

   • 2013 September 23, Jorge Arangure Jr., quoting Mariano Rivera, “A Final Bow for Rivera”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-16:

     "The Lord has blessed me with a great family," Rivera said as he looked toward his teammates. "All these men have been part of my family. I love you guys, and you are all special to me and my family."

2. (slang, by extension) To give something favourable (without the implication of religious faith).

   Hey, could you bless me with some cash?

   • 2021 August 27, u/whoopscooptywhoop, “Anybody have the link to a recording of Donda listening party V2?”, in Reddit‎^[2], r/Kanye, archived from the original on 25 September 2023:

     Could you bless me with a link too

   • 2022 December 2, @DR0DRIGUEZ, Twitter‎^[3], archived from the original on 25 September 2023:

     A random poor Bangladeshi dude come up to me yesterday and asked me for money, he wanted Indian food from this spot so I blessed him with 5 bucks. Generally people give money and keep it pushing. But the man wanted to chat, so I listened. He gave me a hug. Let's humanize us man.

   • 2023 February 18, u/amb_7_96, “Is there any album that garnered your attention based on the cover art?”, in Reddit‎^[4], r/vinyl, archived from the original on 25 September 2023:

     There were a few times when YouTube can^[sic] bless me with some amazing music.

   • 2023 June 26, @fairytaegis, Twitter‎^[5], archived from the original on 25 September 2023:

     im living for these teletubbies sun yoongi povs the tour has blessed us with

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bless,‎ someone,‎ with.

   The priest blessed the worshippers with some holy water.

References

• “bless (one) with (something)” in Farlex Dictionary of Idioms, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2022; reproduced on Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.