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121blow-dry — [blō′drī΄] vt. blow dried, blow drying to dry (wet hair) with an electric device (blow dryer) that sends out a stream of heated air n. the act of blow drying the hair …
122blow someone out N. Amer. — blow someone out N. Amer. informal defeat someone convincingly. → blow …
123blow a gale — british phrase to be very windy (=with very strong winds) I’m not going out – it’s blowing a gale out there. Thesaurus: what the wind can dohyponym words used to describe windy weathersynonym Main entry …
124blow something out of the water — blow (something) out of the water to destroy something. The virus blew my computer s hard drive completely out of the water. My lawyer blew their case right out of the water with his witnesses …
125blow up — [v1] inflate billow, bloat, distend, enlarge, expand, fill, inflate, puff up, pump up, swell; concepts 208,236,245 Ant. deflate, let out, shrink, shrivel blow up [v2] explode blast, bomb, burst, detonate, dynamite, erupt, go off, mushroom,… …
126blow someone's brains out — blow (someone s) brains out to kill someone by shooting them in the head. After two unsuccessful suicide attempts, she finally blew her brains out …
127blow brains out — blow (someone s) brains out to kill someone by shooting them in the head. After two unsuccessful suicide attempts, she finally blew her brains out …
128blow something out of all proportion — blow (something) out of (all) proportion to behave as if something that has happened is much worse than it really is. They had a minor argument in a restaurant but the press have blown it out of all proportion, speculating about divorce …
