blow town

idiom

: to leave a town especially quickly
He packed his bags and blew town without even saying goodbye.

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Some of you will make travel plans or perhaps blow town. Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2025 Congress will soon blow town for its August break, and then after Labor Day reelection campaigns start to crowd out thoughts of anything else. Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 18 July 2022

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“Blow town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20town. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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