blow off

British  

verb

1. to permit (a gas under pressure, esp steam) to be released

2. slang (intr) to emit wind noisily from the anus

3. informal (tr) to reject or jilt (someone)

4. See steam

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noun

1. a discharge of a surplus fluid, such as steam, under pressure

2. a device through which such a discharge is made

blow off Idioms  

1. Vent one's strong feelings; see blow off steam .

2. Disregard, ignore; evade something important. For example, If you blow off your homework, you're bound to run into trouble on the exam . [ Slang ; second half of 1900s]

3. Overcome, defeat easily, as in With Rob pitching, we'll have no trouble blowing off the opposing team . [ Slang ; 1950s] Also see blow away , def. 2.

4. Ignore, abandon, refuse to take part. For example, The college is blowing off our request for a new student center . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]

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Example Sentences

Sweetening the pill, there's lots of previously unseen archive footage, giving glimpses of the band in the studio and blowing off steam on tour.

From BBC

That was what Shannon was thinking about now, while Natalie was watching to see if her roof was going to blow off?

From Literature

Usually, it’s the small things that, repeated daily, push family members traveling together to a point of needing to blow off some steam.

From Los Angeles Times

“It is a credit to your navigational skills that we did not blow off course.”

From Literature

These suggestions will be easy to blow off if they are left to local managers to execute and enforce.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• break
• cease
• close
• drop
• end
• halt
• hold
• kill
• pause
• put an end to
• quit
• stall
• stand
• stay