blow off

verb

blew off; blown off; blowing off; blows off

transitive verb

1

a

: to refuse to take notice of, honor, or deal with : ignore

decided to blow off two billion viewers

—Harry Homburg

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

Synonyms

• break off (with)
• ditch
• dump
• jilt
• kiss off
• leave

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

The deferred prosecution agreement expired in January, days before a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max, reigniting scrutiny of whether Boeing had made required changes to its culture, quality assurance and compliance programs following the two fatal crashes. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024

The news comes more than five months after the cabin door of an Alaska Airlines plane blew off mid-flight, sparking congressional and federal investigations. —Robert Legare, CBS News, 14 May 2024

Since a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines-operated 737 Max 9 plane in January, Boeing has slowed down its production speed as regulators and law enforcement investigate what went wrong. —Melvin Backman, Quartz, 13 May 2024

He had just been shown pictures of civilians killed by Israeli shelling, including a small baby with an arm blown off. —Peter Baker, New York Times, 10 May 2024

And, congruent with many of Olson Kundig’s projects, the ocean-facing side of this home has operable louvre shades designed to reduce solar gain, regulate temperature, and modulate the strong onshore winds that blow off the ocean. —Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 9 May 2024

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

Word History

First Known Use

1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1b