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51blow-dry — /ˈbloʊ draɪ/ (say bloh druy) verb (t) (blow dried, blow drying) 1. to style hair by brushing it into shape while drying it with a blow dryer. –noun (plural blow dries) 2. an instance of blow drying: a wash and blow dry. Also, blowdry …
52blow a fuse — verb get very angry and fly into a rage The professor combusted when the student didn t know the answer to a very elementary question Spam makes me go ballistic • Syn: ↑flip one s lid, ↑blow up, ↑throw a fit, ↑hit the roof, ↑hit the ceiling, ↑ …
53blow one's stack — verb get very angry and fly into a rage The professor combusted when the student didn t know the answer to a very elementary question Spam makes me go ballistic • Syn: ↑flip one s lid, ↑blow up, ↑throw a fit, ↑hit the roof, ↑hit the ceiling, ↑ …
54blow up — verb 1. cause to burst with a violent release of energy (Freq. 4) We exploded the nuclear bomb • Syn: ↑explode, ↑detonate, ↑set off • Derivationally related forms: ↑blowup, ↑detonative …
55blow up — verb Date: 1536 transitive verb 1. to build up or tout to an unreasonable extent < advertisers blowing up their products > 2. to rend apart, shatter, or destroy by explosion 3. to fill up with a gas (as air) < …
56blow something to smithereens — smash/blow/something to smithereens informal phrase to destroy something by breaking it into very small pieces The bowl fell to the floor and was smashed to smithereens. Thesaurus: to breaksynonym Main entry …
57blow fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Calliphoridae that deposit their eggs or larvae on carrion, excrement, etc., or in wounds of living animals. Also, blowfly. [1815 25] * * * ▪ insect also spelled blowfly, any member in a family… …
58blow up — 1) PHR V ERG If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion. [V P n (not pron)] He was jailed for 45 years for trying to blow up a plane... [V P] Their boat blew up as they slept. [Also V n P] 2) PHRASAL VERB If… …
59blow upon — phrasal : to bring into disrepute or discredit : render unsavory or worthless : blemish, taint, defame the reputation of her house, which was never blown upon before, was utterly destroyed Henry Fielding * * * blow upon see blow on above. • • •… …
60blow-by — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: blow by, v. : leakage of gas or liquid between a piston and its cylinder during operation * * * /bloh buy /, n., pl. blow bies. Auto. 1. leakage of the air fuel mixture or of combustion gases between a piston and… …
