BLEW OFF Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

blew off

verb

past tense of blow off

as in left

to end a usually intimate relationship with before she embarks on another relationship, she should try to figure out why all those other men have blown her off

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as in skipped

to fail to attend blew off the committee meeting, thinking that it would just be a colossal waste of time

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Recent Examples of blew off In sum, the lid blew off last week after the Indiana Fever and Phoenix Mercury faced each other twice. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Filipczak’s guitar pick blew off the roof and Rose’s skirt caught the Seven Year Itch. — Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026 So Clark blew off the steam that comes with the heat of competition, all eyes in the arena on her, to get that second technical with 22 seconds left and the Fever up 10. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026 Far from being guaranteed a spot on the Yankees’ postseason roster, the eight-time All-Star then flew home to Miami at the end of the regular season and blew off a mandatory team workout prior to the ALDS. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026 Police and fire personnel were called to the gym on South Bowen Road and Park Row Drive in Pantego, where a sign blew off the building along with the front facade of the building. — S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 26 May 2026 Cox, who blew off a similar hearing last month and agreed to appear at this one after the Council threatened to subpoena him, repeated his stance on why his department was not releasing the footage tied to the King shooting. — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 23 May 2026 Instead of abiding by his orders to stand down, Miles blew off plans with Maddie (Morgan Lindholm) to hunt down Diaz, the man in charge of the cartel responsible for the fentanyl. — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026 Apparently, Trick had been warned about keeping the show PG-13 and to behave beforehand, but blew off the memo. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026

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Later in the month, from July 28 to 30, slow-moving thunderstorms dumped nearly 12 inches of rain over eastern New York, causing major flash flooding.

— Denise Chow, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026
During the Great Depression, milk prices collapsed and dairy farmers dumped their own product in the street to protest.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of dumped

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Bumper found that fewer than 10% of ad breaks are actually skipped in practice, despite what listeners claim in surveys.

— Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Less likely to to be skipped is Cregan Stark’s arrival to King’s Landing, known as the Hour of the Wolf.

— James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of skipped

Verb

That night, the teens ditched the geriatric ward together to watch Blue Hawaii in the visitors’ lounge of the hospital.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
In addition to clearing the deal, culture secretary Nandy has ditched plans to bring forward secondary legislation enabling Ofcom to examine how the Paramount-WBD deal would impact streaming services.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

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