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
Join 5 others in the comments View Comments In January a door plug blew off a 737 Max approaching 16,000 feet.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 July 2024
That changed in January, when a panel covering an unused emergency exit blew off a Max during the Alaska Airlines flight over Oregon.
—David Koenig and Alanna Durkin Richer, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2024
These sort of decisions seem very obvious on paper, safely removed from the hot fluctuation of your feelings, but in the moment you may be overwhelmed with a whole-body sense of longing to blow off best judgment and behave recklessly.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 5 July 2024
Dust blowing off the desert areas of North Africa and traveling over the tropical Atlantic, where hurricanes often form, is a pretty regular occurrence every June and July, said Cameron Pine, of the National Weather Service.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024
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Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 July 2024
That changed in January, when a panel covering an unused emergency exit blew off a Max during the Alaska Airlines flight over Oregon.
—David Koenig and Alanna Durkin Richer, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2024
These sort of decisions seem very obvious on paper, safely removed from the hot fluctuation of your feelings, but in the moment you may be overwhelmed with a whole-body sense of longing to blow off best judgment and behave recklessly.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 5 July 2024
Dust blowing off the desert areas of North Africa and traveling over the tropical Atlantic, where hurricanes often form, is a pretty regular occurrence every June and July, said Cameron Pine, of the National Weather Service.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024
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“Blow off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20off. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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