blow in

verb

blew in; blown in; blowing in; blows in

intransitive verb

: to arrive casually or unexpectedly

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On March 24 a tornado of exceptional strength blew in from the west, leaped across the Mississippi River ten miles away and zeroed in on this sorry little town, destroying almost all of it in thirty minutes of shattering Friday-night chaos. Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025 When the final whistle blew in Denver on Sunday afternoon, the Broncos were celebrating their ninth win of the season. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Nov. 2025 There are three such cardinal winds, each of them gods and all of them supposedly siblings, three male and the fourth, a southeasterly that tends to blow in the wet winter season, female. Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025 The appointments come as the Republican Party gears up for next year’s midterm elections following a devastating blow in the off-year elections two weeks ago. David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 18 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blow in

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blow in was in 1882

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“Blow in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20in. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.

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