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Antonyms for blow off
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : bloh |
Phonetic Transcription : bloʊ |
- acclaim
- adulate
- advance
- agreement
- allow
- anticlimax
- approve
- base
- bear
- beautify
- begin
- beginning
- benefit
- bottom
- calm
- care for
- carry on
- cherish
- commence
- commencement
- commend
- complete
- compliment
- conceal
- connect
- continue
- create
- debut
- defend
- discouragement
- do
- encourage
- enunciate
- esteem
- exalt
- first act
- flatter
- frankness
- give birth
- go
- harmony
- help
- hide
- honesty
- honor
- initiate
- initiation
- introduce
- introduction
- join
- laud
- nadir
- opening
- openness
- original
- peace
- please
- praise
- preserve
- prize
- pronounce
- protect
- quiet
- reality
- release
- repulsion
- respect
- restart
- retry
- revere
- soothe
- speak clearly
- start
- treasure
- truth
- truthfulness
- unite
Definition of blow off
Origin :- "move air," Old English blawan "blow, breathe, make an air current; kindle; inflate; sound a wind instrument" (class VII strong verb; past tense bleow, past participle blawen), from Proto-Germanic *blæ-anan (cf. Old High German blaen, German blähen), from PIE *bhle- "to swell, blow up" (cf. Latin flare "to blow"), possibly identical with *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bole).
- Meaning "to squander" (of money) is from 1874. Sense of "depart suddenly" is from 1902. Slang "do fellatio on" sense is from 1933, as blow (someone) off, originally among prostitutes (cf. blow job). This usage probably is not connected to the colloquial imprecation (1781, associated with sailors, e.g. Popeye's "well, blow me down!"), which has past participle blowed. Meaning "to spend (money) foolishly and all at once" is 1890s; that of "bungle an opportunity" is from 1943. To blow over "pass" is from 1610s, originally of storms. To blow (someone's) mind was in use by 1967; there is a song title "Blow Your Mind" released in a 1965 Mirawood recording by a group called The Gas Company.
- As in wrangle : noun fight, argument
- As in culmination : noun conclusion; climactic stage
- As in decoy : noun bait, trap
- As in finale : noun ending of an event
- As in abuse : verb attack with words
- As in back out : verb withdraw
- As in slur : verb insult
- As in stop : verb bring or come to a halt or end
- As in chicken out : verb back down
- As in discontinue : verb prevent activity from going on
- As in gripe : verb complain
Synonyms for blow off
- abandon
- acme
- afterpiece
- all the way
- allurement
- altercation
- apex
- apogee
- attraction
- avoid
- back down
- back out
- back pedal
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- bag it
- bash
- battle royal
- be over
- beard
- beg off
- belittle
- bellyache
- berate
- bickering
- blacken
- blemish
- blind
- blister
- blot
- blow it off
- blow off
- blow-off
- blowup
- booster
- bow out
- brand
- brannigan
- brawl
- break
- break off
- brouhaha
- button
- call it a day
- call it quits
- calumniate
- camouflage
- cancel
- cap
- capper
- carp
- castigate
- catch
- cease
- cessation
- chaser
- chicane
- chicanery
- chicken out
- chop
- clash
- climax
- close
- closer
- cold turkey
- come to a standstill
- come-on
- completion
- conclude
- conclusion
- consummation
- contest
- controversy
- cool it
- cop out
- crab
- critical mass
- crown
- crowning glory
- crowning touch
- culmination
- cuss out
- cut down
- cut out
- cut short
- cut to the quick
- cut up
- deception
- decry
- defame
- denigrate
- denouement
- derogate
- desist
- detract
- disagreement
- disconnect
- discontinue
- discount
- discredit
- disgrace
- disjoin
- dispute
- dissever
- disunite
- do a number on
- draw up
- drawing card
- drop
- dump on
- end
- end piece
- ensnarement
- enticement
- epilogue
- exchange
- facade
- fake
- falling-out
- finale
- finis
- finish
- flap
- fracas
- front
- funk out
- fuss
- get cold feet
- give a black eye
- give over
- give up
- give way
- go back on
- groan
- grouch
- grouse
- grumble
- halt
- hang it up
- hassle
- have no stomach for
- height
- hit where one lives
- hold
- hurl brickbat
- imitation
- inducement
- insinuate
- insult
- interpose
- interrupt
- intervene
- inveiglement
- kick in the teeth
- kill
- knock
- knock off
- knock-down drag-out
- kvetch
- last act
- leave off
- libel
- limit
- lure
- make concessions
- malign
- maximum
- meridian
- miff
- minimize
- moan
- murmur
- mutter
- nag
- nark
- ne plus ultra
- noon
- offend
- oppress
- part
- pause
- payoff
- peak
- perfection
- peroration
- persecute
- pick on
- pinnacle
- plant
- pretense
- pull out
- pull up
- punch line
- push
- put an end to
- put down
- quarrel
- quit
- quit cold
- rag on
- recant
- refrain
- refrain from
- renege
- reproach
- resign
- revile
- ride
- rip up
- roast
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumble
- rumpus
- run down
- run its course
- scene
- scold
- scorch
- scratch
- scrub
- seducement
- separate
- set-to
- shill
- shut down
- shy from
- sign off
- signify
- sitting duck
- skin alive
- slam
- slander
- slap
- slap in the face
- slight
- sling mud
- smear
- snare
- snub
- sound
- spatter
- squabble
- squawk
- stain
- stall
- stand
- stay
- stick
- stool pigeon
- stoolie
- stop
- summation
- summit
- surcease
- surrender
- suspend
- swan song
- swear at
- take on
- tarry
- tear apart
- tear down
- temptation
- terminate
- termination
- throw in the towel
- tiff
- top
- traduce
- trash
- trick
- trickery
- turn yellow
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- weasel out
- welsh
- whine
- wiggle out
- wimp out
- wind up
- windup
- withdraw
- worm out
- wrap up
- yammer
- yawp
- yield
- zenith
- zing
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