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  • 71blow — blow1 verb (past blew; past participle blown) 1》 (of wind) move creating an air current.     ↘be carried or driven by the wind. 2》 expel air through pursed lips.     ↘force air through the mouth into (an instrument) to make a sound.     ↘force… …

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  • 72blow —    1. obsolete (of a male)    to copulate    Usually in a phrase such as blow the groundsels, which meant that the parties were on the floor at the time. To blow ojff is to ejaculate semen:     Blew off all over the booth. {Playboy s Book of… …

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  • 73blow*/*/ — [bləʊ] (past tense blew [bluː] ; past participle blown [bləʊn] ) verb I 1) if wind or air blows, the air moves A strong wind was blowing across the island.[/ex] 2) [I/T] if something blows somewhere, or if it is blown somewhere, the wind moves it …

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  • 74blow — Synonyms and related words: Barnumize, Lucullan feast, accident, accomplished fact, accomplishment, ache, achievement, aching, act, acta, action, adventure, amplify, anthesis, astonishment, bafflement, bagpipe, balk, bang, banquet, bash,… …

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  • 75blow — 1. tv. & in. to leave (someplace) in a hurry. (See also blow town; blow the joint.) □ It’s late. I gotta blow. □ They blew this place before you got here. 2. tv. to ruin something; to ruin an opportunity. □ You r …

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  • 76blow up — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, add to, adulate, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annoy, apotheosize, arouse, augment, awake, awaken, backfire, be angry, be excitable, beef up, belaud, belie, bellow, bepraise, blast, bless, blitz, bloat,… …

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  • 77blow — 1. verb 1) the icy wind blew around us Syn: gust, bluster, puff, blast, roar, rush, storm 2) his ship was blown on to the rocks Syn: sweep, carry, toss, drive, push …

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  • 78blow — I. verb (blew; blown; blowing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English blāwan; akin to Old High German blāen to blow, Latin flare, Greek phallos penis Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. of air …

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  • 79Blow Up — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Blow Up Originaltitel Blowup Produktionsland …

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  • 80blow — I n 1. slap, punch, hit, Inf. clout, Inf. buff, Sl. shot, Sl. slug, Sl. paste, Sl. bash, Sl. rap side the head. See bat 1 (def.2). 2. shock, calamity, reversal. See calamity (def.2). 3. come to blows fight, spar, grapple, scuffle, tussle, brawl,… …

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