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11blow me down! — Australian Slang expression of amazement …
12blow me down — Brit. an exclamation of surprise …
13Blow the Man Down — is an old sea shanty.One verse:: I ll sing you a song, a good song of the sea : With a way, hey, blow the man down : And trust that you ll join in the chorus with me : Give me some time to blow the man down The tune is the basis for the SpongeBob …
14blow — blow1 W3S2 [bləu US blou] v past tense blew [blu:] past participle blown [ US bloun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(wind moving)¦ 2¦(wind moving something)¦ 3¦(air from your mouth)¦ 4¦(make a noise)¦ 5¦(violence)¦ 6¦(lose an opportunity)¦ 7¦(waste money)¦ …
15blow — I. /bloʊ / (say bloh) noun 1. a sudden stroke with hand, fist, or weapon. 2. a sudden shock, or a calamity or reverse. 3. a sudden attack or drastic action. 4. a stroke of the shears made in shearing a sheep. 5. an outcrop of discoloured quartz… …
16blow — {{11}}blow (n.1) hard hit, mid 15c., blowe, from northern and East Midlands dialects, perhaps from M.Du. blouwen to beat, a common Germanic word of unknown origin (Cf. Ger. bleuen, Goth. bliggwan to strike ). Influenced in English by BLOW (Cf.… …
17Blow me — When an English colleague of mine exclaimed Blow Me in front of a large American audience, he brought the house down. It is simply an exclamation of surprise, short for Blow me down , meaning something like I am so surprised you could knock me… …
18blow down phrasal — verb (I, T) if the wind blows something down, or if something blows down, the wind makes it fall: blow sth down trees blown down in the gale …
19blow — 1. Mild excl. of surprise or annoyance. Also blow me!, blow me down!, blow it!, oh blow!, etc. 2. I ll be {or I m) blowed if I ll ... I will not . . . 3. Go away. 4. blow in Visit casually and unexpectedly. 5. look what the wind s blown in!… …
20down — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. downward; under, beneath, below. See lowness, descent.Ant., up, above. II (Roget s IV) prep. and modif. 1. [Having a downward motion] Syn. forward, headlong, downward, downhill, downstairs,… …
