blow up phrasal

blow up phrasal
verb
1 (I, T) to destroy something, or to be destroyed, by an explosion: The plane blew up in midair.
(blow sth up): Rebels attempted to blow up the bridge.
2 (transitive blow something up) to fill something with air or gas: Stop at the gas station and we'll blow up the tyres.
3 (transitive blow something up) if you blow up a photograph, you make it larger: How much would it cost to have this photo blown up?
4 (I) if bad weather blows up, it suddenly arrives: It looks as though there's a storm blowing up.
5 (I) if a situation, argument etc blows up, it suddenly becomes important or dangerous: A crisis had blown up over the peace talks.
6 (I) to become very angry with someone: Jenny's father blew up when she didn't come home last night.
2 noun (C)
1 HARD HIT a hard hit with the hand, a tool, or a weapon: a blow on the head | three heavy blows from the hammer
2 BAD EFFECT something that has a bad effect on your confidence or on the possibility of success
(+ to): Her rejection was a serious blow to his pride. | deal a blow: Withdrawal of government funding dealt a serious blow to the project.
3 UNHAPPT EVENT an event that makes you very unhappy or shocks you: Her mother's death was a terrible blow.
4 BLOWING (C) an action of blowing: It took three blows to put out the candles.
5 come to blows to quarrel seriously and start hitting each other: They almost came to blows over the money.
6 soften/cushion the blow to help someone accept something unpleasant or bad
7 WIND (singular) a strong wind or storm
-see also: body blow, strike a blow for strike 1 (13)

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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