BLOW OFF Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

blow off

verb

as in to dump

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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as in to skip

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 blow off 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 See All Example Sentences for blow off

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One-two snowstorm punch Two storm systems in a row — one Friday, then another Sunday into Monday — will chug along the country’s northern tier and Great Lakes and between them could dump 3 to 4 feet of snow in places, Maue said.

— Seth Borenstein, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
One hot summer day, to keep the temperature of the freezer down, Schaefer dumped a bunch of dry ice in, and millions of tiny ice crystals formed on the black velvet lining.

— Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026