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  • 1blow your top — blow your top/stack/informal phrase to suddenly become very angry The boss will blow his top when he hears about this. Thesaurus: to be, or to become angry or annoyedsynonym Main entry …

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  • 2blow your stack — blow your top/stack/informal phrase to suddenly become very angry The boss will blow his top when he hears about this. Thesaurus: to be, or to become angry or annoyedsynonym Main entry …

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  • 3blow-dry — (v.) 1971, of hair; see BLOW (Cf. blow) (v.1) + DRY (Cf. dry) (v.). Related: Blow dried; blow drying …

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  • 4blow-off — blowˈ off see ↑blow off below. • • • Main Entry: ↑blow …

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  • 5blow-dried — See: blow dry …

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  • 6blow hot and cold — VACILLATE, dither, shilly shally, waver, be indecisive, change one s mind, be undecided, be uncertain, be unsure; Brit. haver, hum and haw; Scottish swither. → hot * * * phrasal : to be favorable at one moment and adverse the next : react or… …

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  • 7blow a gasket — phrasal see blow a fuse * * * I informal lose one s temper II 1) informal lose one s temper 2) suffer a leak in a gasket of an engine * * * blow a gasket see ↑gasket • • • …

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  • 8blow 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, ↑ …

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  • 9blow\ one's\ top — v. phr. To become very excited, angry, hysterical, or furious. No need to blow your top, Al, his wife said, just because you lost a few dollars. See: blow a fuse, blow one s top , blow one s stack …

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  • 10blow one's own horn — phrasal see blow one s horn * * * I see horn II blow (or toot) one s own horn informal talk boastfully about oneself or one s achievements …

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