Blow away Synonyms, Blow away Antonyms

Synonyms for blow away

MOST RELEVANT

Antonyms for blow away

Word Origin & History

"move air," Old English blawan "blow, breathe, make an air current; kindle; inflate; sound a wind instrument" (class VII strong verb; past tense bleow, past participle blawen), from Proto-Germanic *blæ-anan (cf. Old High German blaen, German blähen), from PIE *bhle- "to swell, blow up" (cf. Latin flare "to blow"), possibly identical with *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bole).

Meaning "to squander" (of money) is from 1874. Sense of "depart suddenly" is from 1902. Slang "do fellatio on" sense is from 1933, as blow (someone) off, originally among prostitutes (cf. blow job). This usage probably is not connected to the colloquial imprecation (1781, associated with sailors, e.g. Popeye's "well, blow me down!"), which has past participle blowed. Meaning "to spend (money) foolishly and all at once" is 1890s; that of "bungle an opportunity" is from 1943. To blow over "pass" is from 1610s, originally of storms. To blow (someone's) mind was in use by 1967; there is a song title "Blow Your Mind" released in a 1965 Mirawood recording by a group called The Gas Company.

Example Sentences forblow away

The fog began to blow away and presently everything was disclosed to the sight.

He had decided to let it stand or blow away, as fortune might decide.

If they are some days the ash will have had time to blow away.

He set the doors open to blow away the smell of burned bread.

You could beat it out into a thin sheet which you could blow away.

For the gold will turn to silver soon and all will blow away.

The grass was white and dry, and ready to blow away with any wind.

It was like sitting in a chimney and waiting for the smoke to blow away.

The rarest, most valuable of homes meant to me something that could not blow away.

You shall see, mother, when he is in the world and knows better, all that will blow away.

blow away

amazed

amazes

astonish

astonished

astonishes