blast off
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Also, blast away . Take off or be launched, especially into space, as in They're scheduled to blast off on Tuesday . This usage originated with the development of powerful rockets, spacecraft, and astronauts, to all of which it was applied. [c. 1950]
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Depart, clear out, as in This party's over; let's blast off now . [ Slang ; early 1950s]
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Become excited or high, especially from using drugs, as in They give parties where people blast off . [ Slang ; c. 1960]
Example Sentences
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In the fourth, he mashed a two-run blast off the right-field scoreboard for his third multi-homer game of the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
China, after all, is scheduled to put men on the moon by 2030, though not before Artemis III and IV blast off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
With a new crew of astronauts set to blast off for the station as soon as next week, some of those who have helped the station from the ground are nostalgic about its looming demise.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
There is, at all times, a prominent undercurrent of confidence that keeps “Caught Stealing” humming in neutral, ready to rev its engines and blast off again.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2025
The Lunar Lander needed to be able to blast off from the moon and reconnect with the mother ship for the trip back to Earth.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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