out, he began to blow smoke. 2. tv. to
smoke marijuana. (Drugs.) Frank sits
around blowing smoke when he’s not sell-
ing. The whole sales force blows smoke
during office hours.blow snot rockets and blow a snot
rockettv.to blow gobs of nasal mucus
from one nostril at a time by blocking off
the other nostril with a thumb. Bob is
always blowing snot rockets! How crude!
Bud blew a snot rocket right out the
window and into the street!
blow someone away 1. tv. to kill some-
one; to shoot someone. (Underworld.)
The boss said we was to blow you away if
you gives us any trouble. TWe b l ow aw ay
guys like you every day. 2. tv. to over-
whelm someone; to amaze someone.
The music about blew me away. The
whole idea just blew her away.
blow someone or something off 1. tv.
to neglect or ignore someone or some-
thing. Get it done now. Don’t blow it
off! Don’t blow me off. Listen! I want it
done now! 2. tv. to cheat someone or a
group; to deceive someone or a group.
Don’t try to blow me off! I know what’s
what. TThey blew off a young couple and
conned a hundred bucks out of them.
blow someone out of the watertv. to ut-
terly destroy someone. (As a ship is
blown up by a torpedo.) This is too
much. I’m gonna blow that guy out of the
water. How does it feel to be blown out
of the water like that?
blow someone’s covertv. to reveal some-
one’s true identity; to ruin someone’s
scheme for concealment. The dog rec-
ognized me and blew my cover. I didn’t
mean to blow your cover.
blow someone’s doors offtv. to defeat
someone; to surpass someone. (As if
someone were going by another vehicle
on the highway at such a high speed that
the doors would be blown off in passing.)
We’re gonna really blow your doors off
in the next game. They blew our doors
off in sales last year.
blow someone’s mind 1. tv. to impress
someone; to overwhelm someone. This
whole business just blows my mind. Yo u r
credentials really blow my mind! 2. tv. [for
a drug] to intoxicate someone. This
stuff will blow your mind. That blue
acid blew my mind.blow someone to somethingtv. to treat
someone to something, such as a meal,
a movie, a drink, etc. Let me blow you
to a meal. I think I’ll blow myself to a
fancy dessert.
blow something wide open and bust
something wide opentv. to expose cor-
rupt practices or a scheme; to put an end
to corruption. The press is trying to
blow the town wide open, and the feebies
are trying to hush them up so they can
move about in secret. I’m going to bust
this racket wide open.blow the jointtv. to get out of a place,
probably in a hurry. (Underworld. See
also joint.) Come on, let’s blow the joint
before there’s trouble. They blew the
joint about an hour ago.
blow the lid off somethingtv. to expose
a scandal or corrupt practice; to expose
political dishonesty. I’m going to blow
the lid off another phony candidate. The
reporter blew the lid off the latest city hall
scandal.blow towntv. to get out of town, proba-
bly in a hurry. (Underworld.) He blew
town yesterday. I gotta pack and blow
town. The cops are onto me.blow up 1. in. to burst into anger. I just
knew you’d blow up. So she blew up.
Why should that affect you so much? 2. n.
an angry outburst; a fight. (Usually
blowup.) After the third blowup, she
left him. One blowup after another.
Yuck! 3. n. an enlarged version of a pho-
tograph, map, chart, etc. (Usually
blowup.) Here’s a blow up of the scene
of the crime. Kelly sent a blowup of their
wedding picture to all her relatives. 4. n.
the ruination of something; the collapse
of something. (Usually blowup.) The
blowup in the financial world has ruined
my chances for early retirement. After
the blowup, they called one another to
compare notes.blow snot rockets