to blow something up
1blow something to bits — blow something to bits/pieces/ phrase to completely destroy something in an explosion, so that it breaks into many small pieces The entire car was blown to bits when the device went off. Thesaurus: to destroy, or to be destroyed with an… …
2blow something wide open — blow (something) wide open 1. to make it impossible to guess who will win a competition. She was the favourite to win, so her withdrawal has blown the election wide open. 2. to make something that someone is trying to achieve fail completely,… …
3blow something off N. Amer. — blow something off N. Amer. informal ignore or fail to attend something. → blow …
4blow something out of the water — blow (something/someone) out of the water to destroy or defeat something or someone completely. They came to court with fresh evidence that would, they said, blow the prosecution s case completely out of the water …
5blow something to pieces — blow something to bits/pieces/ phrase to completely destroy something in an explosion, so that it breaks into many small pieces The entire car was blown to bits when the device went off. Thesaurus: to destroy, or to be destroyed with an… …
6blow something sky-high — blow (something) sky high to make something that someone is trying to achieve fail completely, often by telling people something which should have been a secret. He blew the whole deal sky high by telling the newspapers about it …
7blow 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 …
8blow something out of 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 …
9blow 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 …
10blow something up out of (all) proportion — phrase to make a situation seem much worse than it really is The incident has been blown up out of proportion. Thesaurus: to exaggerate and overstatesynonym Main entry: proportion …
