blew off

past tense of blow off
1
as in left
to end a usually intimate relationship with before she embarks on another relationship, she should try to figure out why all those other men have blown her off

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2
as in skipped
to fail to attend blew off the committee meeting, thinking that it would just be a colossal waste of time

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Recent Examples of blew off Instead of respecting the postgame interview process, Sarkisian blew off Rowe’s attempt to toss him congratulatory softballs. — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 The baseball cap that blew off your head when the top was down in your rental car. — Drew Holmgreen, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Boeing did not make it past the probationary period when in January 2024, the rear door on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max plane blew off midair. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Jeffrey Huber still remembers the day some 34 years ago when Hurricane Andrew blew off the roof of his childhood home, one of tens of thousands damaged and destroyed across southern Florida. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 The woman, who the office identified as Paula Plebanski, 58, was struck by roofing material that blew off during the storm, the release said. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 Filipczak’s guitar pick blew off the roof and Rose’s skirt caught the Seven Year Itch. — Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026 So Clark blew off the steam that comes with the heat of competition, all eyes in the arena on her, to get that second technical with 22 seconds left and the Fever up 10. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026 Far from being guaranteed a spot on the Yankees’ postseason roster, the eight-time All-Star then flew home to Miami at the end of the regular season and blew off a mandatory team workout prior to the ALDS. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blew off
Verb
  • Any oakiness is put there with chips dumped into steel vats and left to soak.
    — Peter Hahn, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The nor'easter dumped more than 7 inches of rain on the town and wind gusts reached nearly 60 mph in the area.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
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  • Like a left turn phase could be called if there’s a car there or it could be skipped if there’s no car there.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Hiroto Sakata, a civil servant from Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, visited Tokyo's Asakusa district on a day trip and purchased tickets for two people, which cost 2,000 yen total, and skipped the line.
    — Masayuki Oi Japan News, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
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  • Meanwhile, Pitt ditched his signature whimsical style for a classic black suit moment.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Boston Globe’s story about what happened when a lesbian bar in western Massachusetts ditched its mask mandate is worth the price of a subscription.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026
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  • Scientists can now examine sections of DNA that were once inaccessible and detect forms of genetic variation that older methods may have missed.
    — Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
  • For those who missed it, Stephens hit a sliding Moore in the helmet during the second quarter, knocking Moore out of the game and sending the star quarterback to the hospital down the street on a stretcher.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Blew off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blew%20off. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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