blows off

present tense third-person singular of blow off
1
as in leaves
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 skips
to fail to attend blew off the committee meeting, thinking that it would just be a colossal waste of time

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Verb
  • At each camp, the team leaves behind a small but powerful item, a red card that explains what to do during encounters with immigration officials.
    David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • When her mother leaves the room for a moment, she's accosted by a demonic entity that toys with her through funhouse-style reflections, creating this evil doppelganger of Judy.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • In another development, Northwestern University chemists developed a groundbreaking method that skips the time-consuming step of sorting plastics and directly converts stubborn single-use plastics into useful products like fuels, waxes, and lubricants.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The video then skips ahead to a bruised Bond racing toward a car to chase the bellhop, initiating the first look at vehicular action gameplay.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wednesday-as-Enid dumps Bruno for being a cheating loser; Enid-as-Wednesday realizes that Wednesday’s bad behavior has come from a place of loyalty and love.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
  • At the end of each week, the truck dumps the freezer’s contents at a waste-storage facility.
    Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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  • Ugarte then threads the ball to Amad, who misses the target, but is flagged offside anyway.
    Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But if a student misses two of the exams, that probably isn’t the case.
    Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Dual Front mode Rainbow Six Siege ditches turn-taking to let players attack and defend simultaneously.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Its Foamy pad ditches the air in favor of all-foam construction.
    Wes Siler, Outside, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Blows off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blows%20off. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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