blow+up
121Blow on it! — exclam. Cool it!; Take it easy! □ It’s all right, Tom. Blow on it! □ Hey, man. Relax. Blow on it! …
122blow up — 1. in. to burst into anger. □ I just knew you’d blow up. □ So she blew up. Why should that affect you so much? 2. n. an angry outburst; a fight. (Usually blowup.) □ After the third blowup, she left him …
123blow — see it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good north wind doth blow, we shall have snow September blow soft, till the fruit’s in the loft straws tell which way the wind blows …
124blow·up — /ˈbloʊˌʌp/ noun, pl ups [count] 1 : a photograph that has been made larger The blowup of the photograph was easy to frame. 2 a : an angry argument The two of them had a big blowup about something trivial. 2 …
125blow-by — blowby low by , blow by low by (bl[=o] b[imac] ), n. the leakage of gases from the combustion cylinder of an internal combustion engine between the piston and cylinder wall into the crankcase. [PJC] …
126blow-in — adj. (of a piece of advertising) inserted in but not attached to a magazine or newspaper: blow in cards. * * * …
127blow in — phr verb Blow in is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑storm …
128blow-up — noun Blow up is used before these nouns: ↑doll, ↑mattress …
