blown off

past participle 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 missed
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 blown off The very same day, a guy in flip-flops walked through Grand Prismatic Hot Spring to gather hats that had blown off people’s heads. Kassondra Cloos, Outside, 10 Sep. 2025 Streamers of gas can be spotted exiting the nebula, blown off by intense stellar winds. Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Sep. 2025 Any indie film producer can find themselves in the eye of a culture-war storm — but Daniel Bekerman got blown off course by the most powerful man on Earth. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025 Hall of course was sweating over this because any sudden movement and his head would be blown off. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025 The Verrichias also just seem to have totally blown off the creditor's discovery by not responding to interrogatories or appearing to be examined. Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 One soldier had his foot blown off in the incident, Thai officials said. Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025 Their boat had run out of fuel and blown off course. EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025 Six days earlier, his left leg had been amputated after it was nearly blown off in a Russian attack. Michael Collins, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blown off
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  • Avila, now in his third season, has missed the last two games with the injury.
    Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
  • West Springs, the inspectors found, had missed key red flags related to Keele’s son’s grave disability, which could have left him seriously harmed.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2025
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  • Callie, the hottest person at Seattle Grace, went through so much turmoil and humiliation in her relationships prior to that, including, but not limited to, being cheated on by her husband and being dumped by a newly out lesbian who couldn’t handle her being bisexual.
    James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
  • Old Nazi warheads and US warships have been reclaimed by a new army of diverse marine life, as scientists uncover how nature has made use of the munitions and fleets that ended up dumped in waterways during the two world conflicts.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • Influencers skipped the middleman and built audiences on nontraditional platforms — something Ashe had evangelized years earlier.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Dimon himself skipped Glasgow, but the bank still came to the conference with a series of splashy commitments.
    Justin Worland, Time, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Blown off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blown%20off. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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