blow over

British

verb

to cease or be finished

the storm blew over
to be forgotten

the scandal will blow over

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blow over Idioms

Pass away, subside. For example, The storm will blow over by afternoon, or After a couple of years the scandal will blow over. This term, with its analogy to storm clouds that pass over an area without descending, dates from about 1600.

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Companies such as Exxon, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Occidental plan to absorb whatever criticism comes at them and wait for the opposition to blow over, according to people familiar with their thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

To that end, Granville’s new base-case timeline sits somewhere between four to five weeks and the five months that it took for the 2022 oil shock to blow over.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026

Likewise he thinks worries about AI replacing other companies will blow over: “Such periods of ‘creative destruction’ aren’t, in general, something to be concerned about when considering the market as a whole.”

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

I left her with him, thinking it would blow over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2025

I just waited for things to blow over, which I was convinced they would do on account of Charlie having a brain.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

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