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blow1 /bləʊ $ bloʊ/ ●●● S2 W3 verb (past tense blew /bluː/, past participle blown /bləʊn $ bloʊn/)  1  wind moving 风吹动 [intransitive, transitive]WIND MOVINGDN if the wind or a current of air blows, it moves 〔风〕吹，刮 A cold breeze was blowing hard. 寒风劲吹。 It was blowing from an easterly direction. 这是从东面吹过来的。 Outside, the weather was blowing a gale. 外面狂风大作。2  wind moving STH 风吹动某物WIND MOVING something [intransitive, transitive usually + adverb/preposition]DN to move, or to move something, by the force of the wind or a current of air 吹动；刮走 Her hair was blowing in the breeze. 她的头发在微风中飘扬。 The wind blew the rain into our faces. 风裹挟着雨点吹打在我们脸上。 My ticket blew away. 我的票被风刮走了。blow (something) open/shut A sudden draught blew the door shut. 一阵突如其来的穿堂风把门吹上了。3  air from your mouth 嘴里呼出的气 [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition]AIR to send air out from your mouth 吹（气）blow (something) into/onto/out etc She blew onto her coffee to cool it down. 她吹着咖啡让它凉下来。 He blew the smoke right in my face. 他直对着我的脸吐烟。4  make a noise 弄出声响 [intransitive, transitive]APM to make a sound by passing air through a whistle, horn etc 吹奏；（使）鸣响 The whistle blew for half time. 哨声响起，上半场结束。 A truck went by and blew its horn at her. 一辆卡车驶过，对着她鸣喇叭。5  violence 暴力 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]DAMAGE to damage or destroy something violently with an explosion or by shooting 炸毁；摧毁blow something away/out/off something Part of his leg had been blown off. 他的一条腿被炸掉一截。blow somebody/something to pieces/bits/smithereens A bomb like that could blow you to bits. 那样一颗炸弹可以把你炸得粉碎。6  lose an opportunity 失去机会 [transitive] informalMISTAKE to lose a good opportunity by making a mistake or by being careless 〔因犯错或不小心〕失掉，断送〔机会〕 We’ve blown our chances of getting that contract. 我们断送了得到那份合同的机会。 You’ve got a great future ahead of you. Don’t blow it. 你有很大好的前途，不要毁了它。7  waste money 浪费钱 [transitive] informalSPEND MONEY to spend a lot of money in a careless way, especially on one thing 挥霍〔尤在一件事物上〕 I blew all the money I won on a trip to Hawaii. 我把赢来的钱全部挥霍在一次夏威夷之旅上了。► see thesaurus at spend8. blow your nose HBHto clean your nose by forcing air through it into a cloth or a piece of soft paper 擤鼻涕9  blow somebody a kiss KISSto kiss your hand and then pretend to blow the kiss towards someone 给某人一个飞吻 She leant out of the window and blew him a kiss. 她探出窗外，给他送上一个飞吻。10  electricity stops 电力中断 [intransitive, transitive]TEE if an electrical fuse blows, or a piece of electrical equipment blows a fuse, the electricity suddenly stops working because a thin wire has melted （使）〔保险丝〕烧断，熔断 The floodlights blew a fuse. 泛光灯烧断了一根保险丝。11. tyre 轮胎 [intransitive, transitive]TTC if a tyre blows, or if a car blows a tyre, it bursts （使）爆裂，（使）破裂12  make a shape 做成某种形状 [transitive]CFBREATHE to make or shape something by sending air out from your mouth 吹成…形状；吹制 The kids were blowing bubbles in the backyard. 孩子们在后院吹泡泡。blow glass (=shape glass by blowing into it when it is very hot and soft) 吹制玻璃（器皿）13  surprise/annoyance 惊讶/烦恼blow/blow me/blow it etc SURPRISED British English spoken said to show annoyance or surprise 讨厌，糟糕 Blow it! I forgot to phone Jane. 糟糕！ 我忘记给简打电话了。 Blow me down if she didn’t just run off! 她没有逃走才怪呢！ Well, I’m blowed! 哇，真让我晕倒！14  MAKE A SECRET KNOWNtell a secret 泄露秘密 [transitive] to make known something that was meant to be a secret 泄露〔秘密〕 Your coming here has blown the whole operation. 你来这里使整个行动泄了密。blow somebody’s cover (=make known what someone’s real job or name is) 暴露某人的身份 It would only take one phone call to blow his cover. 只需一个电话就能暴露他的身份。15  blow somebody’s mind spokenSURPRISED to make you feel very surprised and excited by something 令某人兴奋不已 Seeing her again really blew my mind. 再次见到她令我兴奋不已。 → mind-blowing16  blow your top/stack/cool  (also blow a fuse/gasket) informalANGRY to become extremely angry quickly or suddenly 勃然大怒，大发雷霆 One day, I just blew my top and hit him. 有一天，我火了就打了他。17  blow the whistle on somebody informalTELL to tell someone in authority about something wrong that someone is doing 打某人的小报告，告发某人 He blew the whistle on his colleagues. 他打小报告说同事的不是。 → whistle-blower18. blow something (up) out of (all) proportion EXAGGERATEto make something seem much more serious or important than it is 小题大做；夸大19  blow your own trumpet especially British English, blow your own horn American English informalBOAST to talk a lot about your own achievements – used to show disapproval 自吹自擂〔含贬义〕 Dave spent the whole evening blowing his own trumpet. 戴夫一整个晚上都在自吹自擂。20  blow somebody/something out of the water to defeat someone or something that you are competing with, or to achieve much more than they do 把某人/某物打得落花流水；把…彻底比下去 Motown had blown all the other record companies out of the water. 摩城唱片公司把其他所有的唱片公司都打得落花流水。21. blow hot and cold British English informalCHANGE YOUR MIND to keep changing your attitude towards someone or something 反复无常，忽冷忽热，摇摆不定22  blow something sky-high British English to destroy an idea, plan etc by showing that it cannot be true or effective 粉碎，使破灭，彻底摧毁 This new information blows his theory sky-high. 这一新信息彻底粉碎了他的理论。n GrammarBlow belongs to a group of verbs where the same noun can be the subject of the verb or its object. • You can say: Someone blew a whistle. In this sentence, ‘a whistle’ is the object of blow.• You can also say: A whistle blew. In this sentence, ‘a whistle’ is the subject of blow. PHRASAL VERBS23 blow sb↔ away phrasal verb especially American English informal a) SURPRISEDto make someone feel very surprised, especially about something they like or admire 使大为惊讶〔尤指对喜欢或羡慕的东西〕 It just blows me away, the way everyone’s so friendly round here. 我真是惊讶极了，这里人人都是这么友好。b) KILLto kill someone by shooting them with a gun 枪杀c) BEAT/DEFEATto defeat someone completely, especially in a game 〔尤指在比赛中〕彻底击败 Nancy blew away the rest of the skaters. 南希击败了其他的滑冰运动员。24 blow down phrasal verb DNFALLif the wind blows something down, or if something blows down, the wind makes it fall 吹倒，刮倒 The garden gate has blown down. 花园的门被风吹倒了。blow something ↔ down Several trees were blown down in the night. 夜里有好几棵树被刮倒了。25 blow in phrasal verb a) (also blow into something)ARRIVE informal to arrive in a place, especially suddenly 突然来到 Jim blew in about an hour ago. 大约一小时前吉姆突然来了。 Guess who’s just blown into town? 猜猜刚才谁进城来了？b) if a storm or bad weather blows in, it arrives and begins to affect a particular area 〔暴风雨或坏天气〕到来 The first snowstorm blew in from the north. 第一场暴风雪从北方袭来。26 blow somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb American English informal a) UNIMPORTANTto treat someone or something as unimportant, for example by not meeting someone or not going to an event 不重视，轻视 Bud got into trouble for blowing off the meeting. 巴德逃避开会惹了麻烦。b) blow the lid off something to make known something that was secret, especially something involving important or famous people 揭发某事的内幕〔尤指与重要人物或名人有关的事情〕 Her book blew the lid off the Reagan years. 她的书揭露了里根当政时期的内幕。c) blow somebody’s head off to kill someone by shooting them in the head 〔用枪〕打烂某人的脑袋d) blow off steam American English to get rid of anger or energy by doing something 发泄怒气[精力] SYN British English let off steam I went jogging to blow off some steam. 我去跑步，以消消怒气。27 blow out phrasal verb a) STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGif you blow a flame or a fire out, or if it blows out, it stops burning 吹灭；熄灭 The match blew out in the wind. 火柴被风吹灭了。blow something ↔ out Blow out all the candles. 把所有的蜡烛吹灭。b) TTCif a tyre blows out, it bursts 〔车胎〕爆裂c) blow itself outDNFINISH/COME TO AN END if a storm blows itself out, it ends 〔风暴〕停止，平息d) blow your/somebody’s brains out to kill yourself, or someone else, with a shot to the head 枪击头部自杀/杀死某人e) BEAT/DEFEAT blow somebody ↔ out American English spoken to easily defeat someone 轻而易举地战胜某人 We blew them out 28–0. 我们以28比0大胜他们。f) American English if you blow out your knee or another joint in your body, or if it blows out, you injure it badly （使）〔膝关节等〕受重伤g) TPGif an oil or gas well blows out, oil or gas suddenly escapes from it 〔油井或气井〕井喷h) blow somebody ↔ out to stop having a friendship or relationship with someone 和某人断绝关系28 blow over phrasal verb a) FALLif the wind blows something over, or if something blows over, the wind makes it fall 吹倒，刮倒 Our fence blew over in the storm. 我们的篱笆被风暴刮倒了。blow something ↔ over The hurricane blew many trees over. 飓风把一些棕榈树吹倒了。b) FORGETif an argument or unpleasant situation blows over, it ends or is forgotten 〔争论或不愉快的事情〕结束；被遗忘 They weren’t speaking to each other, but I think it’s blown over now. 他们以前互不理睬，但我想现在一切都过去了。c) DNFINISH/COME TO AN ENDif a storm blows over, it goes away 〔暴风雨〕停止，平息，过去29 blow up phrasal verb a) DESTROYEXPLODEto destroy something, or to be destroyed, by an explosion 炸毁，炸得粉碎 The plane blew up in midair. 飞机在半空中爆炸了。blow something ↔ up Rebels attempted to blow up the bridge. 叛乱分子企图炸毁桥梁。 →4  See picture of 见图 EXPLOSIONb) TTCAIR blow something ↔ up to fill something with air or gas 给某物充气[打气] Can you blow up this balloon? 你能把这个气球吹起来吗？ We’ll blow the tyres up. 我们会把轮胎充好气。c) IMPORTANTDANGEROUSif a situation, argument etc blows up, it suddenly becomes important or dangerous 〔形势、争论等〕变得严峻 A crisis had blown up over the peace talks. 和谈过程中爆发了一场危机。d) TCP blow something ↔ up if you blow up a photograph, you make it larger 放大〔照片〕 SYN enlargee) ANGRY informal to become very angry with someone 大发雷霆 Jenny’s father blew up when she didn’t come home last night. 珍妮昨晚没回家，她的父亲大为光火。 at I was surprised at the way he blew up at Hardy. 他对着哈迪发火的样子让我很吃惊。f) DNWEATHERif bad weather blows up, it suddenly arrives 〔恶劣天气〕突然来临 It looks as if there’s a storm blowing up. 看来暴风雨即将来临。g) blow up in somebody’s face if something you have done or planned to do blows up in your face, it suddenly goes wrong 〔事情〕出岔子；〔计划等〕突然告吹 One of his deals had just blown up in his face. 他的一桩生意好端端地就告吹了。→ See Verb table

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blow• We blew $3000 on a trip to Barbados.• On the minus side, she'd blown a lot of money and received a couple of scares.• On one of them was Blue Mooney, his pale blond hair blown against his cheek as he skidded around the corner.• One of the tires blew and they skidded into the center divider.• They know the way that the wind is blowing, and would be only too pleased to be redeployed into another trade.• I put the balloon to my lips and blew as hard as I could.• His black hair was tousled, blown by the wind, shining strands of it across his brown forehead.• A warm breeze was blowing from the south.• The ornaments are made of blown glass.• The referee blew his whistle to start the game.• She tried to open the door to the storage-room, but twice the wind blew it out of her hands.• He thinks one of the anti-Castro group is going to blow me away.• Blow on it, Ian - the oatmeal's very hot.• The whistle blew on the old steam engine.• The scare has been blown out of proportion, said John Marchello, professor of animal science at the University of Arizona.• You're lucky you didn't blow out the whole engine.• He blew smoke rings across the table.• The wind blew so hard the bread got stale in our hands.• The wind must have blown the door shut.• She blew the feather off her sleeve.• He won £500,000 in the National Lottery, but he's already blown the lot.blowing hard• It is miserable work as the snow is now falling thickly, the wind blowing hard.• An hour later I was back, blowing hard and running with sweat, but feeling virtuous and much more relaxed.• When we reached our house, the wind was blowing hard in our faces.• It was still blowing hard north-west.blow (something) open/shut• Furthermore, its flexibility and power of movement are considerably greater, so that less power is needed to deliver a blow.• A cold breeze blew through the open door, stirring the fire so the flames shot up, flickering brightly.• This will help prevent freezing air blowing up the open ends of the waste pipes.• After 30 moves the position appeared level but Kasparov blew the situation open with a pawn sacrifice.blow (something) into/onto/out etc• She could do nothing but batten down the conversational hatches and wait until the storm blew itself out.• The morning of the third day, they woke up and saw the storm had blown itself out.• She blew smoke out, coughed, and handed him the cigarette and he took it without a word.• Minor disputes over specific issues blew up into major confrontations.• The wind blew strongly into the room.• The bullet took him right between the eyes, blowing his brains out through the back of his head.• In fact, he reportedly blew it out with a stunning, if showy, throw-out at third.blow somebody/something to pieces/bits/smithereens• Settle down with a good book, and let them blow themselves to bits.blown ... chances• He had already blown his chances and perhaps that was why he played a relaxed stroke.blowing bubbles• Why not something else equally apparently arbitrary, such as blowing bubbles, or dropping pebbles?• Grandma was blowing bubbles with us in the backyard.blow2 ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable]  1  BAD EFFECT 不好的效果 an action or event that causes difficulty or sadness for someone 打击 Joe resigned, which was a severe blow because we needed him desperately. 乔辞职了，这是一个巨大的打击，因为我们非常需要他。 His mother’s death was a shattering blow. 他母亲的死是一个沉重的打击。 The election result dealt a further blow to the party. 竞选结果进一步打击了这个政党。 The factory closures came as a blow to the local economy. 工厂关闭是对当地经济的一个打击。 The final blow for many firms was the government’s abolition of import duties. 对于许多公司来说，政府取消进口税是最后致命的一击。2  hard hit 重击HIT a hard hit with someone’s hand, a tool, or a weapon 重击，击打 She died from a heavy blow to the head. 她头部受重击死亡。 He struck a blow which threw her to the floor. 他一拳把她打倒在地。 Martin received a blow on the nose. 马丁鼻子上被打了一下。 He had been struck a glancing blow (=a blow that did not hit him directly) by the car. 他被汽车从侧面刮到了。blow to He gave her a violent blow to the head. 他在她脑袋上猛击了一下。 RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that someone gets hit or that something hits them, rather than using the noun blow: 在日常英语中，人们一般说someone gets hit 或something hits someone，而不用名词blow He received a blow to the head. → He got hit on the head. 他头上被打了一下。3  blowing 吹BREATHE an action of blowing 吹 One big blow and the candles were out. 使劲一吹，蜡烛就都灭了。4  come to blows (with somebody) FIGHTif two people come to blows, they start arguing or hitting each other because they disagree about something （和某人）争吵起来；（和某人）打起来come to blows (with somebody) over They almost came to blows over the money. 他们为钱的事差一点儿打起来。5  soften/cushion the blow ACCEPTto make something unpleasant easier for someone to accept 缓和打击 A reduction in interest rates would soften the blow of tax increases. 降息对增税带来的打击将起到缓和的作用。6. low blow American English informal something unkind you say to deliberately embarrass or upset someone 故意让人难堪的话，刻薄话 → strike a blow for somebody/something at strike1(17)n COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + blow a big/major/serious/heavy blowThe earthquake was a serious blow to the area’s tourism industry.a severe/terrible/awful blowThe news was a terrible blow for his family.a bitter blow (=extremely disappointing)Their defeat was a bitter blow.a cruel/devastating/crushing blow (=extremely hard to bear)Her loss came as a devastating blow to her father.a body blow (=a very serious difficulty which could cause something to fail completely)A tax on books would be a body blow for education.a mortal/fatal/death blow (=causing something to end)When he quit it dealt a mortal blow to the show.verbsbe a blowI can’t deny his leaving was a blow.deal a blow to somebody/somethingThe 1982 drought dealt a devastating blow to the country.come as a blow to somebodyHis sudden death came as a huge blow to us all.deliver a blowOpinion polls delivered a nasty blow to the Tory leader.suffer/receive a blowOur team suffered a blow when Paul was sent off the field.soften/cushion the blow (=make it easier to deal with)There are various ways to soften the blow of redundancy among staff.phrasesbe a bit of a blow British English especially spoken (=be disappointing or cause problems for you)The result was a bit of a blow for the team.

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blow• Not being allowed to return to her own country was a blow from which she never really recovered.• He had a robust self-esteem, even though this was a blow, and he needed financially to continue working.• a blow to the stomach• The Colorado river was closed, a bitter blow to rafters and kayakers who may have to wait seven years for a river use permit.• For the prosecution case to stand, it will be necessary to prove that Lenny McLean struck the fatal blow.• three heavy blows from the hammer• One jarring blow crushed it all.• One of the knife blows had punctured a lung.• His championship hopes were dealt a savage blow last night when he received a hamstring injury.• The assailant struck several blows before he was restrained.• Officer Stacey was knocked over by a sharp blow to the head.• It is a sweeping blow and only one who has seen them in action knows how tremendous it is.• He kept coming, taking ten blows for one.• Tony smiled and without moving his left knee dodged the blows, his torso jinking, neck muscles popping.• The blue rose on stubby wings, twisting acrobatically to slip the blow.• The blow proved fatal.severe blow• The failure of the Accord was also a severe blow to Mulroney and prompted opposition calls for his resignation.• This is a severe blow to the Fernandez family.• Pentrite can explode without a detonator if it receives a severe blow or strong friction.• Bank Assistants have suffered a severe blow.• Pittsburgh suffered a severe blow, however, when quarterback Neil O'Donnell broke his right leg.• Finally, the cutting of trade with the United States from 1985 was a severe blow.• This was a severe blow because we needed him desperately.heavy blow• He says that both changes will be a heavy blow for young self-employed workers.• For the beneficiaries the change would be almost imperceptible: for the losers it would be a heavy blow.• It is knocked to the ground by a heavy blow, seized by the throat or mouth and quickly suffocated.• Now think again of the wound on Hector's face - a heavy blow, a wide gash.• The repression which followed temporarily halted the labour movement and dealt the party a heavy blow.• I am not wholly barren of hope, for circumstances have been dealing the conventional wisdom a new series of heavy blows.From Longman Business Dictionaryblowblow /bləʊbloʊ/ verb (past tense blew /bluː/, past participle blown /bləʊnbloʊn/) [transitive]1informal if you blow money on something, you spend a lot of money on it, often money that you cannot affordHe blew his wages on a new stereo.2HUMAN RESOURCES blow the whistle (on somebody/something) to tell the authorities that someone in your organization is doing something illegal, dishonest, or wrongWorkers were too scared of their employers to blow the whistle on illegal working hours.→ See Verb tableOrigin blow1 Old English blawan blow2 1. (1400-1500) Origin unknown. 2. (1600-1700) → BLOW1

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blow¹ S2 W3 /bləʊ $ bloʊ/ verb (past tense blew /bluː/, past participle blown /bləʊn $ bloʊn/)1.  WIND MOVING  [intransitive and transitive] if the wind or a current of air blows, it moves:
    A cold breeze was blowing hard.
    It was blowing from an easterly direction.
    Outside, the weather was blowing a gale.
2.  WIND MOVING SOMETHING  [intransitive, transitive usually + adverb/preposition] to move, or to move something, by the force of the wind or a current of air:
    Her hair was blowing in the breeze.
    The wind blew the rain into our faces.
    My ticket blew away.
    blow (something) open/shut
    A sudden draught blew the door shut.
3.  AIR FROM YOUR MOUTH  [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] to send air out from your mouth
    blow (something) into/onto/out etc
    She blew onto her coffee to cool it down.
    He blew the smoke right in my face.
4.  MAKE A NOISE  [intransitive and transitive] to make a sound by passing air through a whistle, horn etc:
    The whistle blew for half time.
    A truck went by and blew its horn at her.
5.  VIOLENCE  [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to damage or destroy something violently with an explosion or by shooting
    blow something away/out/off something
    Part of his leg had been blown off.
    blow somebody/something to pieces/bits/smithereens
    A bomb like that could blow you to bits.
6.  LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY  [transitive] informal to lose a good opportunity by making a mistake or by being careless:
    We’ve blown our chances of getting that contract.
    You’ve got a great future ahead of you. Don’t blow it.
7.  WASTE MONEY  [transitive] informal to spend a lot of money in a careless way, especially on one thing:
    I blew all the money I won on a trip to Hawaii.
8. blow your nose to clean your nose by forcing air through it into a cloth or a piece of soft paper
9. blow somebody a kiss to kiss your hand and then pretend to blow the kiss towards someone:
    She leant out of the window and blew him a kiss.
10.  ELECTRICITY STOPS  [intransitive and transitive] if an electrical fuse blows, or a piece of electrical equipment blows a fuse, the electricity suddenly stops working because a thin wire has melted:
    The floodlights blew a fuse.
11.  TYRE  [intransitive and transitive] if a tyre blows, or if a car blows a tyre, it bursts
12.  MAKE A SHAPE  [transitive] to make or shape something by sending air out from your mouth:
    The kids were blowing bubbles in the backyard.
    blow glass (=shape glass by blowing into it when it is very hot and soft)
13.  SURPRISE/ANNOYANCE blow/blow me/blow it etc British English spoken said to show annoyance or surprise:
    Blow it! I forgot to phone Jane.
    Blow me down if she didn’t just run off!
    Well, I’m blowed!
14.  TELL A SECRET  [transitive] to make known something that was meant to be a secret:
    Your coming here has blown the whole operation.
    blow sb’s cover (=make known what someone’s real job or name is)
    It would only take one phone call to blow his cover.
15. blow sb’s mind spoken to make you feel very surprised and excited by something:
    Seeing her again really blew my mind. ⇨ mind-blowing
16. blow your top/stack/cool (also blow a fuse/gasket) informal to become extremely angry quickly or suddenly:
    One day, I just blew my top and hit him.
17. blow the whistle on somebody informal to tell someone in authority about something wrong that someone is doing:
    He blew the whistle on his colleagues. ⇨ whistle-blower
18. blow something (up) out of (all) proportion to make something seem much more serious or important than it is
19. blow your own trumpet especially BrE,blow your own horn American English informal to talk a lot about your own achievements – used to show disapproval:
    Dave spent the whole evening blowing his own trumpet.
20. blow somebody/something out of the water to defeat someone or something that you are competing with, or to achieve much more than they do:
    Motown had blown all the other record companies out of the water.
21. blow hot and cold British English informal to keep changing your attitude towards someone or something
22. blow something sky-high British English to destroy an idea, plan etc by showing that it cannot be true or effective:
    This new information blows his theory sky-high.
     
blow sb↔ away phrasal verb especially American English informal
  1. to make someone feel very surprised, especially about something they like or admire:
    It just blows me away, the way everyone’s so friendly round here.
  2. to kill someone by shooting them with a gun
  3. to defeat someone completely, especially in a game:
    Nancy blew away the rest of the skaters.
blow down phrasal verb
  if the wind blows something down, or if something blows down, the wind makes it fall:
    The garden gate has blown down.
    blow something ↔ down
    Several trees were blown down in the night.
blow in phrasal verb
  1. (also blow into something) informal to arrive in a place, especially suddenly:
    Jim blew in about an hour ago.
    Guess who’s just blown into town?
  2. if a storm or bad weather blows in, it arrives and begins to affect a particular area:
    The first snowstorm blew in from the north.
blow somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb American English informal
  1. to treat someone or something as unimportant, for example by not meeting someone or not going to an event:
    Bud got into trouble for blowing off the meeting.
  2. blow the lid off something to make known something that was secret, especially something involving important or famous people:
    Her book blew the lid off the Reagan years.
  3. blow sb’s head off to kill someone by shooting them in the head
  4. blow off steam American English to get rid of anger or energy by doing something
   SYN  let off steam British English:
    I went jogging to blow off some steam.
blow out phrasal verb
  1. if you blow a flame or a fire out, or if it blows out, it stops burning:
    The match blew out in the wind.
    blow something ↔ out
    Blow out all the candles.
  2. if a tyre blows out, it bursts
  3. blow itself out if a storm blows itself out, it ends
  4. blow your/sb’s brains out to kill yourself, or someone else, with a shot to the head
  5. blow somebody ↔ out American English spoken to easily defeat someone:
    We blew them out 28–0.
  6. American English if you blow out your knee or another joint in your body, or if it blows out, you injure it badly
  7. if an oil or gas well blows out, oil or gas suddenly escapes from it
  8. blow somebody ↔ out to stop having a friendship or relationship with someone
blow over phrasal verb
  1. if the wind blows something over, or if something blows over, the wind makes it fall:
    Our fence blew over in the storm.
    blow something ↔ over
    The hurricane blew some palm trees over.
  2. if an argument or unpleasant situation blows over, it ends or is forgotten:
    They weren’t speaking to each other, but I think it’s blown over now.
  3. if a storm blows over, it goes away
blow up phrasal verb
  1. to destroy something, or to be destroyed, by an explosion:
    The plane blew up in midair.
    blow something ↔ up
    Rebels attempted to blow up the bridge.
  2. blow something ↔ up to fill something with air or gas:
    Can you blow up this balloon?
    We’ll blow the tyres up.
  3. if a situation, argument etc blows up, it suddenly becomes important or dangerous:
    A crisis had blown up over the peace talks.
  4. blow something ↔ up if you blow up a photograph, you make it larger
   SYN  enlarge
  5. informal to become very angry with someone:
    Jenny’s father blew up when she didn’t come home last night.
    blow up at
    I was surprised at the way he blew up at Hardy.
  6. if bad weather blows up, it suddenly arrives:
    It looks as if there’s a storm blowing up.
  7. blow up in sb’s face if something you have done or planned to do blows up in your face, it suddenly goes wrong:
    One of his deals had just blown up in his face.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ spend to use money to buy things: I bought two skirts and a T-shirt and I only spent $50. | How much do you spend a week on food?
   ▪ go through something (also get through something British English) to spend all of an amount of money over a period of time – used especially when saying that someone spends a lot of money: I got through all my money in less than a month, and had to get my parents to send me more.
   ▪ go to great expense to spend a lot of money in order to do something, because you think it is important or special: The party was wonderful – they had obviously gone to great expense. | There’s no need to go to great expense.
   ▪ squander /ˈskwɒndə $ ˈskwɑːndər/ to waste money on unnecessary things, instead of saving it or using it carefully: His son had squandered the family fortune on gambling and women.
   ▪ splash out British English informal to spend a lot of money on something you really want or will enjoy: Let’s splash out on a bottle of champagne. | People often splash out for Christmas and then regret it later.
   ▪ blow informal to spend a lot of money on something, especially on something that you do not really need: Her husband blew all their savings on a new sports car.
   ▪ economize to spend less money: We’re trying to economize by eating at home instead of going out for meals.

II

blow² S3 W3 noun [countable]1.  BAD EFFECT an action or event that causes difficulty or sadness for someone:
    Joe resigned, which was a severe blow because we needed him desperately.
    His mother’s death was a shattering blow.
    The election result dealt a further blow to the party.
    The factory closures came as a blow to the local economy.
    The final blow for many firms was the government’s abolition of import duties.
2.  HARD HIT a hard hit with someone’s hand, a tool, or a weapon:
    She died from a heavy blow to the head.
    He struck a blow which threw her to the floor.
    Martin received a blow on the nose.
    He had been struck a glancing blow (=a blow that did not hit him directly) by the car.
    blow to
    He gave her a violent blow to the head.
  REGISTER
    In everyday English, people usually say that someone gets hit or that something hits them, rather than using the noun blow:
   ▪ He received a blow to the head. ➔ He got hit on the head.
3.  BLOWING an action of blowing:
    One big blow and the candles were out.
4. come to blows (with somebody) if two people come to blows, they start arguing or hitting each other because they disagree about something
    come to blows (with somebody) over
    They almost came to blows over the money.
5. soften/cushion the blow to make something unpleasant easier for someone to accept:
    A reduction in interest rates would soften the blow of tax increases.
6. low blow American English informal something unkind you say to deliberately embarrass or upset someone
⇨ strike a blow for somebody/something at strike¹(13)
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + blow
   ▪ a big/major/serious/heavy blow The earthquake was a serious blow to the area’s tourism industry.
   ▪ a severe/terrible/awful blow The news was a terrible blow for his family.
   ▪ a bitter blow (=extremely disappointing) Their defeat was a bitter blow.
   ▪ a cruel/devastating/crushing blow (=extremely hard to bear) Her loss came as a devastating blow to her father.
   ▪ a body blow (=a very serious difficulty which could cause something to fail completely) A tax on books would be a body blow for education.
   ▪ a mortal/fatal/death blow (=causing something to end) When he quit it dealt a mortal blow to the show.
■ verbs
   ▪ be a blow I can’t deny his leaving was a blow.
   ▪ deal a blow to somebody/something The 1982 drought dealt a devastating blow to the country.
   ▪ come as a blow to somebody His sudden death came as a huge blow to us all.
   ▪ deliver a blow Opinion polls delivered a nasty blow to the Tory leader.
   ▪ suffer/receive a blow Our team suffered a blow when Paul was sent off the field.
   ▪ soften/cushion the blow (=make it easier to deal with) There are various ways to soften the blow of redundancy among staff.
■ phrases
   ▪ be a bit of a blow British English especially spoken (=be disappointing or cause problems for you) The result was a bit of a blow for the team.