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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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as in skipped
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 blew off
Apparently, Trick had been warned about keeping the show PG-13 and to behave beforehand, but blew off the memo.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
The top blew off in the second with Littleton/Bromfield on a penalty kill.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
The city's Department of Buildings said at the time that the roofs blew off at least two buildings — including a part of Wrigley Field, where a panel on the roof above the press box was damaged by extreme winds.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
Things took a turn for the worse two years ago when a door plug blew off an Alaska Air 737 Max shortly after take-off, renewing questions about the safety of its manufacturing and put federal restrictions on the pace of production.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
On Monday, the Basnight Bridge was temporarily closed after a modular home blew off its trailer.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
The plane used by Alaska Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing when the door plug blew off the aircraft in mid-flight.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The building has suffered decline from a leaky roof and broken windows, and spring 2025 storms blew off its temporary roof and drenched some of its floors.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025
After finding the 30-ton steel hatch cover that blew off a coal carrier this week amid an explosion aboard the ship, dive teams are working to find out how to remove it.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 21 Aug. 2025
Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
The top blew off in the second with Littleton/Bromfield on a penalty kill.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
The city's Department of Buildings said at the time that the roofs blew off at least two buildings — including a part of Wrigley Field, where a panel on the roof above the press box was damaged by extreme winds.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
Things took a turn for the worse two years ago when a door plug blew off an Alaska Air 737 Max shortly after take-off, renewing questions about the safety of its manufacturing and put federal restrictions on the pace of production.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
On Monday, the Basnight Bridge was temporarily closed after a modular home blew off its trailer.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
The plane used by Alaska Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing when the door plug blew off the aircraft in mid-flight.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The building has suffered decline from a leaky roof and broken windows, and spring 2025 storms blew off its temporary roof and drenched some of its floors.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025
After finding the 30-ton steel hatch cover that blew off a coal carrier this week amid an explosion aboard the ship, dive teams are working to find out how to remove it.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blew off
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Despite a decade of front-row appearances, luxury house ambassadorships and a cultural footprint that reshaped the global music industry, members RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook have collectively skipped the first Monday in May.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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At least one of those times, the head of the country’s space agency suggested it be skipped.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Water testing has been temporarily increased to once a month at the Oceanside Harbor after someone reported seeing a suspicious liquid dumped from a boat.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Level 5 accident dumped radioactive contamination across Europe and it is thought that traces of isotope iodine-131 may have caused several hundred cancer diagnoses.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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But Maxey missed his final three attempts, and the Celtics held on to win.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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Houston survived James’ missed potential winner at the end of regulation after Alperen Şengün couldn’t score on the other end, but overtime felt inevitable — and so did the unraveling.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Kerss is a master at breaking the complicated information down into manageable bites for those of us who ditched science after high school.—
Heather Greenwood Davis,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
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Vertebrates ditched their body armor and scales for smooth skin; cephalopods lost their external shell.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Blew off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blew%20off. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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