blow over
Example Sentences
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Epstein replied, “Nothing to do during a storm, but hunker down, and wait until it blows over.”
A gentle breeze blew over me, and the water lapped serenely at the riverbank.
From Literature
“I know, but I thought . . . Well, I was certain the tiff between you and Leo would blow over. You were happy before.”
From Literature
Though Tom is guilty of no actual wrongdoing, the dean has asked him to take a leave of absence to let any possible recriminations blow over.
In most refugee settlements, the government has run out of land to allocate to migrants for crop cultivation, and in at least one, refugees have come to blows over the plots that are available.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
