blow off

1
as in to dump
to end a usually intimate relationship with before she embarks on another relationship, she should try to figure out why all those other men have blown her off

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2
as in to skip
to fail to attend blew off the committee meeting, thinking that it would just be a colossal waste of time

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Recent Examples of blow off One soldier had his foot blown off in the incident, Thai officials said. Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025 Their boat had run out of fuel and blown off course. EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025 The building has suffered decline from a leaky roof and broken windows, and spring 2025 storms blew off its temporary roof and drenched some of its floors. Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025 After finding the 30-ton steel hatch cover that blew off a coal carrier this week amid an explosion aboard the ship, dive teams are working to find out how to remove it. Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blow off
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  • The last is dumping iron dust into the Southern Ocean to provoke phytoplankton blooms that would suck heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a move that set off a backlash when an American entrepreneur tried it off Canada in 2012.
    Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
  • For years, the expanse of dirt and weeds had served as a convenient location for locals to dump trash.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • At its event this week, Apple skipped some key details that could affect your decision.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Speedrunners have also found some arcane sequence skips to get around certain bosses or methods for putting off some boss fights until later than the developers intended.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • Much of central Saskatchewan received less than half an inch of rainfall in April and May, leaving many wetlands dry.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Among its 14 plant oils are argan kernel and rice bran, which regulate sebum production and loosen dead skin cells, respectively—and, together, leave your pores looking significantly smaller and your skin significantly smoother.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • Of course, sadly missing from the grand reunion that was The Grand Finale was the late Maggie Smith, who played Robert’s mother, Violet.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • An older inmate with a history of hypertension and cognitive decline went unmonitored for months, missing standard screenings that could have caught deteriorating health.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • The solution is to ditch the floss and get an oral irrigator.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Gap, Pizza Hut and Tropicana are just a few companies that tried new logos only to ditch them after poor responses.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Blow off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blow%20off. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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