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
Recent Examples on the Web
Further east in the state, officials said the roof had been blown off a gymnasium at Welch School.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
Now federal investigators are looking more closely at Spirit and Boeing to understand what went wrong with the door panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 in midair in January — the latest chapter in a long and troubled relationship between the two companies.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 2 May 2024
This past January, Barnett told TMZ that he was concerned that Boeing was returning its 737 Max 9 jets to the sky too quickly, after the incident in which an Alaska Airlines jet's door panel blew off mid-flight.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 2 May 2024
The injuries occurred when a semi-truck was blown off Interstate 35, Strickland said.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and other leaders have long encouraged protests about the treatment of Palestinians which allow their people to blow off steam and direct their anger toward a foreign enemy instead of against domestic corruption and incompetence.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024
What does Tyler the person like to do to blow off steam?
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
Boeing has been under review in recent months after a door panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2024
That changed in January, when a panel plugging the space reserved for an unused emergency door blew off an Alaska Airlines jetliner 16,000 feet above Oregon.
—David Koenig, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
Now federal investigators are looking more closely at Spirit and Boeing to understand what went wrong with the door panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 in midair in January — the latest chapter in a long and troubled relationship between the two companies.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 2 May 2024
This past January, Barnett told TMZ that he was concerned that Boeing was returning its 737 Max 9 jets to the sky too quickly, after the incident in which an Alaska Airlines jet's door panel blew off mid-flight.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 2 May 2024
The injuries occurred when a semi-truck was blown off Interstate 35, Strickland said.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and other leaders have long encouraged protests about the treatment of Palestinians which allow their people to blow off steam and direct their anger toward a foreign enemy instead of against domestic corruption and incompetence.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024
What does Tyler the person like to do to blow off steam?
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
Boeing has been under review in recent months after a door panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2024
That changed in January, when a panel plugging the space reserved for an unused emergency door blew off an Alaska Airlines jetliner 16,000 feet above Oregon.
—David Koenig, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Blow off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20off. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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