BLOWS OFF Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

blows off

verb

present tense third-person singular of blow off

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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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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The result leaves Angel City and Seattle both with 24 points in a battle for the eighth spot in the National Women’s Soccer League standings.

— News Service Reports, Oc Register, 10 Aug. 2026
Whenever one tenant leaves, there’s questions in the community in terms of who’s going to take that space.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of leaves

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Winning skips the usual qualifying process entirely, which is part of why the races draw such focus.

— Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The Kremlin is also likely to make sure that the mobilization effort largely skips over the capital and other large cities, and instead focuses on poorer areas.

— Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026

Definition of skips

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Using the same spoofing method as in the Silver attack, the attacker dumps Chrome's process memory and extracts the master key that protects the passkey's private key.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
At one point, Jiavani, alone in Room 1 for a round of Count the Rice, just dumps all the rice into her Room 2 mocktail and drinks it.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026

Definition of dumps

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His fastball only sits around 92-93, maybe 94 on a good day, but his funky delivery adds deception and misses bats.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
An organization can grow without actually scaling to match, and if leadership misses that gap, things can run aground fast.

— Richard Neal, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of misses

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Our shortcut version also ditches the eggs for mayonnaise and adds in capers for extra briny punch.

— Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 July 2026
Splatoon Raiders ditches the series' trademark, competitive multiplayer shooting, to focus entirely on single-player and co-operative raids.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026

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