blow up
Example Sentences
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Others note that it’s never the repentant Grinch who marauds through schools and holiday parades or blows up on social media.
From Los Angeles Times
But that blew up - through a court fight in Nevada and a settlement.
From BBC
The BOJ’s challenge now is to wind down that experiment without blowing up the laboratory.
Then, as soon as the playoffs started, those plans blew up right in their faces.
Gohl bought the plane ticket in October, before his no-tap month, but the trip itself could blow up the whole challenge.
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