blow off
verb
blew off; blown off; blowing off; blows off
1
a
: to refuse to take notice of, honor, or deal with : ignore
decided to blow off two billion viewers—
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b
: to end a relationship with
2
: to outperform in a contest
3
: to fail to attend or show up for
blew off an official dinner
Examples of blow off in a Sentence
before she embarks on another relationship, she should try to figure out why all those other men have blown her off
blew off the committee meeting, thinking that it would just be a colossal waste of time
Recent Examples on the Web
The theft echoes another heist in the Netherlands last November—this one botched—in which criminals blew off the doors of Oisterwijk’s MPV Gallery, making off with two Andy Warhol prints and leaving two more behind, damaged, in their haste.
—News Desk, Artforum, 28 Jan. 2025
So our problem is not that we’re getting blown off the ball.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
When material is blown off the comet's surface, there is a rocket-like recoil that provides the nongravitational acceleration on top of their orbits, which are already set by the gravitational pull of the sun.
—Darryl Seligman, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2025
But this wagtail was wayward, likely ending up Wisconsin after being blown off course in a storm or getting confused when migrating from Siberia.
—Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
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News Desk, Artforum, 28 Jan. 2025
So our problem is not that we’re getting blown off the ball.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
When material is blown off the comet's surface, there is a rocket-like recoil that provides the nongravitational acceleration on top of their orbits, which are already set by the gravitational pull of the sun.
—Darryl Seligman, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2025
But this wagtail was wayward, likely ending up Wisconsin after being blown off course in a storm or getting confused when migrating from Siberia.
—Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Blow off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20off. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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