All English words - page 634

Meanings of Blow your own trumpet:

idiom

To tell everyone proudly about your achievements

Meanings of Blow-a:

idiom

To become very angry

Usage examples:

When he told her how much it cost, she blew a gasket.

Meanings of Blow-a-kiss-to:

verb

To make a current of air, or to move something or be moved with a current of air

Usage examples:

[ m ] the wind blew over a garbage can (= pushed it down on its side)., [ m ] we brought in the bir…

Meanings of Blow-away:

phrasal verb

Impress someone greatly.

Usage examples:

I'm blown away by his new poem

Meanings of Blow-away-the-cobwebs:

phrase

Banish a state of sluggishness; enliven or refresh oneself.

Usage examples:

A brisk walk along the towpath might blow away the cobwebs

idiom

To get rid of feelings of tiredness, usually with fresh air or exercise

Usage examples:

We went for a five-mile jog to blow the cobwebs away.

Meanings of Blow-by-blow:

adjective

(of explanations, reports, etc.) including every detail in the order it happened

Usage examples:

We had to sit through a blow-by-blow account of how they missed their flight to las vegas.

Meanings of Blow-for-blow:

idiom

To do something that supports or defends something

Usage examples:

The judge's ruling has struck a blow for racial equality.

Meanings of Blow-in:

idiom

(of an action, plan, etc.) to go wrong in a way that harms or damages the person who did the action, made the plan, etc.

Usage examples:

The risk with making such a promise is it could blow up in your face later., if people find out abo…

Meanings of Blow-it:

idiom

Infmlto lose an opportunity to do something by doing or saying the wrong thing

Usage examples:

I guess i blew it when i told my teacher i didn't care what grade she gave me.

Meanings of Blow-off-steam:

phrase

Get rid of pent-up energy or strong emotion.

Usage examples:

I just needed to walk to blow off steam

idiom

To do or say something that helps you to get rid of strong feelings or energy

Usage examples:

Call me any time you need to blow off some steam.

Meanings of Blow-ones-stack:

phrase

Lose one's temper.

Usage examples:

He is volatile and likely to blow his top if his demands aren't met

Meanings of Blow-out:

phrasal verb

Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights

Meanings of Blow-sky-high:

phrase

To seriously damage something by making it explode

Usage examples:

The explosion blew the building sky-high., by some miracle, they'd saved the building from being bl…

Meanings of Blow-the-gaff:

idiom

To make known a secret

Usage examples:

He's a good bloke - he wouldn't blow the gaff on us.

Meanings of Blow-the-lid-off:

idiom

To make public something that people did not know before

Usage examples:

The new york times blew the lid off the story.

Meanings of Blow-the-whistle-on:

idiom

To bring something to the attention of other people in order to stop something bad from happening

Usage examples:

The company stopped using certain chemicals only after some workers blew the whistle on it.

Meanings of Blow-the-whistle-on-someone:

idiom

To bring something to the attention of other people in order to stop something bad from happening

Usage examples:

The company stopped using certain chemicals only after some workers blew the whistle on it.

Meanings of Blow-up:

phrasal verb

Fill with gas or air

noun

A problem

Usage examples:

I don't see any kind of blowup event that's going to cause the market to lose value.

Meanings of Blowback:

noun

A process in which gases expand or travel in a direction opposite to the usual one, especially through escape of pressure or delayed combustion.

Usage examples:

The script for turning that into practical policies, t-shirts, soundbites and placards - open the b…

Meanings of Blowbacks:

noun

A process in which gases expand or travel in a direction opposite to the usual one, especially through escape of pressure or delayed combustion.

Usage examples:

The script for turning that into practical policies, t-shirts, soundbites and placards - open the b…

Meanings of Blowdown:

noun

Trees that have been blown down by the wind.

Usage examples:

He tramped miles through blowdowns after the hurricane

Meanings of Blower:

noun

A person or thing that blows, especially a mechanical device for creating a current of air used to dry or heat something.

Usage examples:

The shower will stop automatically and warm air blowers will dry you off

Meanings of Blowers:

noun

A person or thing that blows, especially a mechanical device for creating a current of air used to dry or heat something.

Usage examples:

The shower will stop automatically and warm air blowers will dry you off

Meanings of Blowfish:

noun

Any of a number of fishes that are able to inflate their bodies when alarmed, such as a globefish.

Usage examples:

You have the fish - your piranha, your suckers, your blowfish, your sharks, your bottom feeders, yo…

Meanings of Blowflies:

noun

A large and typically metallic blue or green fly which lays its eggs on meat and carcasses.

Usage examples:

What was decomposing the carcasses, given the total absence of fossils of the larger flies, such as…