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3 PHRASAL VERB If a wind or a storm blows up , the weather becomes very windy or stormy. □ [V P ] A storm blew up over the mountains.

4 PHRASAL VERB If you blow up at someone, you lose your temper and shout at them. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P + at ] I'm sorry I blew up at you. □ [V P ] When Myra told Karp she'd expose his past, he blew up.

5 PHRASAL VERB If someone blows an incident up or if it blows up , it is made to seem more serious or important than it really is. □ [V P n] Newspapers blew up the story. □ [V n P ] The media may be blowing it up out of proportion. □ [V P prep/adv] The scandal blew up into a major political furore. [Also V P ]

6 PHRASAL VERB If a photographic image is blown up , a large copy is made of it. □ [be V -ed P ] The image is blown up on a large screen. □ [V -ed P ] …two blown up photos of Paddy. [Also V P n, V n P ]

7 → see also blow-up

➋ blow ◆◇◇ /bloʊ / (blows )

1 N‑COUNT If someone receives a blow , they are hit with a fist or weapon. □ [+ to/on ] He went off to hospital after a blow to the face.

2 N‑COUNT If something that happens is a blow to someone or something, it is very upsetting, disappointing, or damaging to them. □ [+ to ] That ruling comes as a blow to environmentalists. □ [+ to ] His death dealt a severe blow to the army's morale.

3 PHRASE If two people or groups come to blows , they start fighting. □  The representatives almost came to blows at a meeting. USAGE explode or blow up?

If someone destroys a building with a bomb, you say that they blow it up . Don’t say ‘ He wanted to explode the place .’ Say ‘He wanted to blow the place up ’.

blo w-by-blo w ADJ [usu ADJ n] A blow-by-blow account of an event describes every stage of it in great detail. [INFORMAL ] □  She wanted a blow-by-blow account of what happened.

blo w-dry (blow-dries , blow-drying , blow-dried ) VERB If you blow-dry your hair, you dry it with a hairdryer, often to give it a particular style. □ [V n] I find it hard to blow-dry my hair. □ [V -ed] He has blow-dried blonde hair. ● N‑SING Blow-dry is also a noun. □  The price of a cut and blow-dry varies widely.

blow|er /bloʊ ə ^r / N‑SING The blower is the telephone. [BRIT , INFORMAL , OLD-FASHIONED ]

blow|lamp /bloʊ læmp/ (blowlamps ) also blow lamp N‑COUNT A blowlamp is a device which produces a hot flame, and is used to heat metal or remove old paint. [BRIT ] in AM, use blowtorch

blown /bloʊ n/ Blown is the past participle of blow .

blow|out /bloʊ aʊt/ (blowouts ) also blow-out

1 N‑COUNT A blowout is a large meal, often a celebration with family or friends, at which people may eat too much. [INFORMAL ] □  Once in a while we had a major blowout.

2 N‑COUNT If you have a blowout while you are driving a car, one of the tyres suddenly bursts. □  A lorry travelling south had a blow-out and crashed.

3 N‑COUNT A blowout in an amount or a price is a sudden increase in it. [AUSTRALIAN , JOURNALISM ] □ [+ in ] …a blowout in surgery costs.

blow|torch /bloʊ tɔː ^r tʃ/ (blowtorches ) N‑COUNT A blowtorch is the same as a blowlamp .

blo w-up (blow-ups ) also blowup

1 N‑COUNT A blow-up is a photograph or picture that has been made bigger. [INFORMAL ] □  …blow-ups of photographs she found on the internet.

2 N‑COUNT A blow-up is a sudden fierce argument. [INFORMAL ] □  He and Cohen appeared headed for a major blowup.

blub /blʌ b/ (blubs , blubbing , blubbed ) VERB If someone blubs , they cry because they are unhappy or frightened. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ [V ] Don't blub.

blub|ber /blʌ bə ^r / (blubbers , blubbering , blubbered )