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 of blow off

• dump
• leave
• ditch
• kiss off

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

Workers at the Olympics are stationed alongside the track to blow off excess snow, ensuring that the participants have a clean jump where they are also not slowed down. —Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026

Legs blown off, arms blown off, faces blown off. —Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026

First, there are the concentric circle features, which look like wispy shells of ejecta blown off of the star. —Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026

The city's Department of Buildings said at the time that the roofs blew off at least two buildings — including a part of Wrigley Field, where a panel on the roof above the press box was damaged by extreme winds. —Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Rhymes for blow off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff