blew off

past tense of blow off
1
as in dumped
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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2
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 Quote of the day Torres spoke to CNN after an explosion at a Bronx apartment building blew off a part of the high-rise. Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025 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 The pending strike in the Midwest comes as Boeing faces regulator pressure over safety concerns, after the door plug of a 737 MAX 9 operated by Alaska Airlines blew off mid-flight in January 2024, leading to the Federal Aviation Administration briefly grounding the jets. Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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  • Lastly, My Roommate Is a Cat is the touching story of how a shy novelist named Mikazuki Subaru comes to live with a feline companion who was dumped by humans and lived a tough life on the streets.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Triggered by a strong earthquake that dumped 40 million tons of rock into the bay at once, the tsunami killed five people and wiped away two square miles of forest along the shore.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • Most members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party skipped the vote or abstained, save for one lawmaker who cast the deciding vote to advance the annexation bill.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Gamble spent time with her during training sessions that Kris skipped, later leading her to feel jealous of his attention.
    Sydni Ellis, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • McLaurin missed each of Washington's last four games after suffering a quad injury in a Week 3 win over the Las Vegas Raiders, and Samuel was ruled out for Sunday's Week 7 loss to the Cowboys with a nagging heel injury.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • While most Americans certainly missed this story, our intelligence agencies did not.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • Ofcom ditched the proposal, opting instead to change guidance.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • To match her dress and toasty makeup look, Bieber ditched nude nails in favor of a chocolate brown cat-eye effect.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Blew off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blew%20off. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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