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 duo leaves us there for nearly six minutes, sending drone clouds of various textures while Schwendener’s voice drifts through the distant fog.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
And for an offense that managed just one extra-base hit in the series, coming in the final inning, that leaves behind an unfilled filling for an offensive unit that produced so many scoring opportunities in the regular season.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of leaves

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Connectivity stretches to a mini-HDMI input and a second USB-C port, with a pair of 1-watt speakers and an audio output rounding things out, while the stand tilts through a 0 to 180-degree range but skips swivel, height, and pivot adjustment.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
The doc skips in disappointing haste over head-turning early films The Grim Reaper and Before the Revolution, and the potent 1970 telemovie The Spider’s Stratagem.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of skips

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How Monster Depicts the Borden Murders Their first attempt involves serving the couple oysters in May, when the series says the city of Fall River dumps its sewage over the oyster beds, contaminating the shellfish with potentially fatal bacteria.

— Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Parks and Rec says anyone who illegally dumps could face fines totaling $5,000 per piece of material.

— Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of dumps

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Imagine a fall-detection system that fails at night, a workplace safety monitor that misses a crucial action or a robot that misunderstands what a person is doing because it’s never seen that exact interaction before.

— Bo Wang, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
If Hall misses time, Braelon Allen is expected to take over as the starting running back.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of misses

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Costco ditches its Kirkland beer Pope Leo XIV, who grew up listening to popular American television preacher Archbishop Fulton Sheen, praised his fellow Illinois clergyman as an inspiration today on the eve of Sheen’s beatification.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Treat standing water − such as retention ponds or drainage ditches − with a mosquito larvicide.

— Susan Bromley, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026

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