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as in to dump
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 to skip
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 blow off
Thousands of the jihadist jokers had either their private parts or their ears blown off when the Zionist entity set them off last year.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, the life flight helicopter was blown off the roof and surrounding debris entered the radiators hospital’s generators, leaving the building without electricity, according to a presentation from Johnson County Emergency Management.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
After Rubio’s orders to stop work, the cleanup crews were forced to abandon the site, and, for weeks, all that was covering the contaminated dirt were tarps, which at one point blew off in the wind.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2025
This isn’t about a group of people who go up a mountain and get blown off by a storm.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, the life flight helicopter was blown off the roof and surrounding debris entered the radiators hospital’s generators, leaving the building without electricity, according to a presentation from Johnson County Emergency Management.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
After Rubio’s orders to stop work, the cleanup crews were forced to abandon the site, and, for weeks, all that was covering the contaminated dirt were tarps, which at one point blew off in the wind.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2025
This isn’t about a group of people who go up a mountain and get blown off by a storm.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blow off
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Last week brought a frenzied trading session in the bond markets as investors dumped bonds overnight—sending the 30-year Treasury yield briefly above 5 percent.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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The dogs were reported by passersby who alerted the KC Pet Project that dogs appeared to be dumped and roaming the area.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
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Millet plays with the title and with the idea of atavism, in which an ancient trait asserts itself by skipping forward a few generations to suddenly appear in the gene pool.—
Heather Scott Partington,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Shark is hosting an epic sale with discounts across its most popular models, and these deals up to 51% off are too good to skip.—
Megan Schaltegger,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Apr. 2025
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The department did not say how much money is left of the total $189 billion approved.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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With few options left, Adam begins considering and concocting ways to enact vengeance, but Basem, having been down that rageful path, advises him otherwise.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Perry was stopped on a two-on-one early in the first period, whereas Brown missed the net on his chance moments into the second.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
The Athletic,
15 Mar. 2025
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Matsuyama came close but fell short by one stroke, missing a birdie on 18 by inches.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Trump says Iran must ditch ‘concept of a nuclear weapon’ President Donald Trump on Monday once again reiterated that Iran must abandon any hope of obtaining a nuclear weapon as the U.S. prepares for more talks in less than a week.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Trump should ditch the tariffs, do some damage control with allies and reassert America as the center of global free trade.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Blow off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blow%20off. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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