Antonyms for blow away

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bloh

Phonetic Transcription : bloʊ

Definition of blow away

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 impress : verb influence
As in knock off : verb kill
As in astonish : verb surprise
As in astound : verb amaze
As in overpower : verb beat; get the upper hand
As in awe : verb amaze
As in stun/stupefy : verb amaze, shock
As in surprise : verb astonish; cause amazement
As in thrill : verb excite, stimulate
As in top : verb surpass
As in triumph : verb achieve, succeed
As in boggle the mind : verb strike with wonder
As in bump off : verb intentionally murder someone
As in rub out : verb dispose of
As in snuff out : verb kill
As in stun : verb shock
As in crush : verb defeating soundly
As in dumbfound : verb astound, confuse
As in amaze : verb surprise
As in flabbergast : verb surprise

Example sentences :

The fog began to blow away and presently everything was disclosed to the sight.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad

He had decided to let it stand or blow away, as fortune might decide.
Extract from : « The Two Admirals » by J. Fenimore Cooper

If they are some days the ash will have had time to blow away.
Extract from : « The Rhodesian » by Gertrude Page

He set the doors open to blow away the smell of burned bread.
Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence

You could beat it out into a thin sheet which you could blow away.
Extract from : « Old Gold » by George Manville Fenn

For the gold will turn to silver soon and all will blow away.
Extract from : « Graded Memory Selections » by Various

The grass was white and dry, and ready to blow away with any wind.
Extract from : « Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration » by Ernest Giles

It was like sitting in a chimney and waiting for the smoke to blow away.
Extract from : « The Maine Woods » by Henry David Thoreau

The rarest, most valuable of homes meant to me something that could not blow away.
Extract from : « Tenting on the Plains » by Elizabeth B. Custer

You shall see, mother, when he is in the world and knows better, all that will blow away.
Extract from : « Madonna Mary » by Mrs. Oliphant

Synonyms for blow away

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