blow off
verb
blew off; blown off; blowing off; blows off
1
a
: to refuse to take notice of, honor, or deal with : ignore
decided to blow off two billion viewers—
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b
: to end a relationship with
2
: to outperform in a contest
3
: to fail to attend or show up for
blew off an official dinner
Examples of blow off in a Sentence
before she embarks on another relationship, she should try to figure out why all those other men have blown her off
blew off the committee meeting, thinking that it would just be a colossal waste of time
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Safety concerns were renewed this January, when a panel blew off a Max during an Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Ore., to Ontario.
—David Koenig and Manuel Valdes, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
The company has faced a litany of setbacks this year, starting when a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 23 Oct. 2024
Goldberg-Polin helped to throw some of those grenades back out of the shelter before his left arm was blown off from the elbow down, according to a firsthand account from one of his friends.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
That kept a lid on investment, but the lid blew off after the 2021 season with new owners entering the NWSL and the end of the official relationship with U.S. Soccer.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2024
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David Koenig and Manuel Valdes, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
The company has faced a litany of setbacks this year, starting when a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 23 Oct. 2024
Goldberg-Polin helped to throw some of those grenades back out of the shelter before his left arm was blown off from the elbow down, according to a firsthand account from one of his friends.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
That kept a lid on investment, but the lid blew off after the 2021 season with new owners entering the NWSL and the end of the official relationship with U.S. Soccer.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Blow off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20off. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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