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2 VERB If the wind blows something somewhere or if it blows there, the wind moves it there. □ [V n with adv] Strong winds blew away most of the dust. □ [V adv/prep] Her cap fell off in the street and blew away. □ [V ] The bushes and trees were blowing in the wind. [Also V n prep]

3 VERB If you blow , you send out a stream of air from your mouth. □ [V prep/adv] Danny rubbed his arms and blew on his fingers to warm them. □ [V ] Take a deep breath and blow.

4 VERB If you blow something somewhere, you move it by sending out a stream of air from your mouth. □ [V n with adv] He picked up his mug and blew off the steam. [Also V n prep]

5 VERB If you blow bubbles or smoke rings, you make them by blowing air out of your mouth through liquid or smoke. □ [V n] He blew a ring of blue smoke.

6 VERB When a whistle or horn blows or someone blows it, they make a sound by blowing into it. □ [V ] The whistle blew and the train slid forward. □ [V n] A guard was blowing his whistle.

7 VERB When you blow your nose, you force air out of it through your nostrils in order to clear it. □ [V n] He took out a handkerchief and blew his nose.

8 VERB To blow something out , off , or away means to remove or destroy it violently with an explosion. □ [V n with adv] The can exploded, wrecking the kitchen and bathroom and blowing out windows. □ [V n prep] Rival gunmen blew the city to bits.

9 VERB If you say that something blows an event, situation, or argument into a particular extreme state, especially an uncertain or unpleasant state, you mean that it causes it to be in that state. □ [V n prep] Someone took my comment and tried to blow it into a major controversy.

10 VERB If you blow a large amount of money, you spend it quickly on luxuries. [INFORMAL ] □ [V n] My brother lent me some money and I went and blew the lot.

11 VERB If you blow a chance or attempt to do something, you make a mistake which wastes the chance or causes the attempt to fail. [INFORMAL ] □ [V n] He has almost certainly blown his chance of touring India this winter. □ [V n] …the high-risk world of real estate, where one careless word could blow a whole deal. □ [V it ] Oh you fool! You've blown it!

12 → see also full-blown , overblown

13to blow away the cobwebs → see cobweb

14to blow someone's cover → see cover

15to blow hot and cold → see hot

16to blow a kiss → see kiss

17to blow your top → see top

18to blow the whistle → see whistle

▸  blow away PHRASAL VERB If you say that you are blown away by something, or if it blows you away , you mean that you are very impressed by it. [INFORMAL ] □ [be V -ed P ] I was blown away by the tone and the quality of the story. □ [V n P ] She just totally blew me away with her singing.

▸  blow out

1 PHRASAL VERB If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning. □ [V P n] I blew out the candle. [Also V n P ]

2 → see also blowout

▸  blow over PHRASAL VERB If something such as trouble or an argument blows over , it ends without any serious consequences. □ [V P ] Wait, and it'll all blow over.

▸  blow up

1 PHRASAL VERB If someone blows something up or if it blows up , it is destroyed by an explosion. □ [V P n] He was jailed for 45 years for trying to blow up a plane. □ [V P ] Their boat blew up as they slept. [Also V n P ]

2 PHRASAL VERB If you blow up something such as a balloon or a tyre, you fill it with air. □ [V P n] Other than blowing up a tyre I hadn't done any car maintenance. [Also V n P ]