blow up

blow up
1) PHR-V-ERG If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.

[V P n (not pron)] He was jailed for 45 years for trying to blow up a plane...

[V P] Their boat blew up as they slept. [Also V n P]

2) PHRASAL VERB If you blow up something such as a balloon or a tyre, you fill it with air.

[V P n (not pron)] Other than blowing up a tyre I hadn't done any car maintenance. [Also V n P]

3) PHRASAL VERB If a wind or a storm blows up, the weather becomes very windy or stormy.

[V P] A storm blew up over the mountains.

4) PHRASAL VERB If you blow up at someone, you lose your temper and shout at them. [INFORMAL]

[V P at n] I'm sorry I blew up at you...

[V P] When Myra told Karp she'd expose his past, he blew up.

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5) PHR-V-ERG If someone blows an incident up or if it blows up, it is made to seem more serious or important than it really is.

[V P n (not pron)] Newspapers blew up the story...

[V n P] The media may be blowing it up out of proportion...

[V P prep/adv] The scandal blew up into a major political furore. [Also V P]

6) PHRASAL VERB If a photographic image is blown up, a large copy is made of it.

[be V-ed P] The image is blown up on a large screen.

[V-ed P] ...two blown up photos of Paddy. [Also V P n (not pron), V n P]

7) See also blow-up

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