to blow sth up
21blow the whistle on sth — blow the whistle (on sb/sth) ► to tell someone in authority about something harmful or illegal that someone is doing: » If two of the firm s employees hadn t blown the whistle, the scandal would never have become known. Main Entry: ↑blow …
22blow something to kingdom come — blow someone/something/to kingdom come informal phrase to destroy someone or something completely in an explosion Thesaurus: to destroy, or to be destroyed with an explosionsynonym …
23blow the whistle on something — blow the whistle (on someone/something) informal phrase to tell someone in authority that someone is doing something dishonest or illegal A former employee blew the whistle on corrupt practices within the company. Thesaurus: giving information… …
24blow hot and cold (about something) — blow hot and ˈcold (about sth) idiom (informal) to change your opinion about sth often Main entry: ↑blowidiom …
25blow somebody to kingdom come — blow sb/sth to kingdom ˈcome idiom (informal) to completely destroy sb/sth with an explosion • The truck was blown to kingdom come. Main entry: ↑kingdomidiom …
26blow the gaff (on somebody) — blow the ˈgaff (on sb/sth) idiom (BrE, informal) to tell sth secret, especially by mistake Main entry: ↑blowidiom …
27blow the gaff (on something) — blow the ˈgaff (on sb/sth) idiom (BrE, informal) to tell sth secret, especially by mistake Main entry: ↑blowidiom …
28blow the whistle on somebody — blow the ˈwhistle on sb/sth idiom (informal) to tell sb in authority about sth wrong or illegal that sb is doing Main entry: ↑blowidiom …
29blow the whistle — (on sb/sth) ► to tell someone in authority about something harmful or illegal that someone is doing: » If two of the firm s employees hadn t blown the whistle, the scandal would never have become known. Main Entry: ↑blow …
30blow the whistle on sb — blow the whistle (on sb/sth) ► to tell someone in authority about something harmful or illegal that someone is doing: » If two of the firm s employees hadn t blown the whistle, the scandal would never have become known. Main Entry: ↑blow …
