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  • 121blow forming —    A method of forming acrylic sheet. The plastic is heated until pliable, then clamped and subjected to a blast of air which inflates it like a balloon …

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  • 122blow up — I. (Active.) 1. Inflate, fill with air. 2. Burst, explode, blast, burst in pieces, shatter, scatter by explosion, cause to explode. 3. Kindle. 4. (Low.) Scold, rate, berate, chide, reprimand, censure, reprove, blame, scold at. II. (Neuter.)… …

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  • 123blow your nose — to clean your nose by forcing air through it He took out a handkerchief and blew his nose loudly …

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  • 124ˌblow sth ˈup — phrasal verb to fill something with air or gas We blew up lots of balloons and hung them around the room.[/ex] …

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  • 125blow back — Because of a sticky valve or the intake valve closing late, some of the air fuel mixture is blown back through the carburetor …

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  • 126blow-by — The mixture of fuel air which is lost past the piston rings and causes fumes that form acid and sludge in the crankcase and smoking from the oil filer hole. Generally there is a loss of engine power. Most are removed through the PCV system …

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  • 127blow out — To clean a dirty or blocked pipe by blowing compressed air through it …

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  • 128blow-out — A sudden rupturing of tire body, causing complete loss of air pressure which flattens the tire …

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