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blow up
verb
- to explode or cause to explode
- tr to increase the importance of (something)
they blew the whole affair up
- intr to come into consideration
we lived well enough before this thing blew up
- intr to come into existence with sudden force
a storm had blown up
- informal.to lose one's temper (with a person)
- informal.tr to reprimand (someone)
- informal.tr to enlarge the size or detail of (a photograph)
noun
- an explosion
- informal.an enlarged photograph or part of a photograph
- informal.a fit of temper or argument
- informal.Also calledblowing up a reprimand
Example Sentences
Having acquired some training with nitroglycerin in the Army, he wrongly convinces himself that he has the know-how to effectively blow up a safe.
On bad days, a hospital emergency would blow up her already punishing schedule.
The system is going to blow up and become unregulated.
"While Trump seems determined to blow up the trade system, Xi is positioning China as the defender of rules-based trade, while painting the US as a reckless rogue nation," he added.
That’d be a jump scare as it is, but the images blowing up Violet’s phone quickly become unnervingly specific and personal.
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