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Synonyms & Antonyms of blowing
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- that horse was really blowing after the race
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- each year he blows his holiday bonus on a trip to Las Vegas
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- a huge crater was formed when the volcano last blew
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- one false move and we would be blown to bits
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- that car blew past us as if we were standing still
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- barreling
- (or barrelling),
- belting,
- blasting,
- blazing,
- bolting,
- bombing
- [slang],
- bowling,
- breezing,
- bundling,
- bustling,
- buzzing,
- cannonballing,
- careening,
- careering,
- chasing,
- coursing,
- cracking (on),
- dashing,
- driving,
- flying,
- haring,
- hastening,
- highballing,
- hotfooting (it),
- humping,
- hurling,
- hurrying,
- hurtling,
- hustling,
- hying
- (or hieing),
- jetting,
- jumping,
- motoring,
- nipping,
- pelting,
- racing,
- ramming,
- ripping,
- rocketing,
- running,
- rushing,
- rustling,
- scooting,
- scurrying,
- scuttling,
- shooting,
- speeding,
- stepping,
- tearing,
- traveling
- (or travelling),
- trotting,
- whirling,
- whisking,
- zipping,
- zooming
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- he keeps blowing every job interview that comes his way
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- another self-made millionaire blowing about how much he'd achieved
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- boasting,
- bragging,
- bulling
- [slang],
- crowing,
- gasconading,
- swaggering,
- vaporing,
- vaunting
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verb (2)Synonyms & Antonyms of blowing (Entry 2 of 2)
- longing for a grassy field in some far-off land where the wildflowers blow
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- blooming,
- blossoming,
- burgeoning
- (also bourgeoning),
- efflorescing,
- flowering,
- unfolding
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- drying up,
- fading,
- shriveling
- (or shrivelling),
- wilting,
- withering
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“Blowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowing. Accessed 27 Jan. 2022.
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