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BLOW OVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blow over mean?
• BLOW OVER (verb)
The verb BLOW OVER has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BLOW OVER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disappear gradually
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
blow over; evanesce; fade; fleet; pass; pass off
Context example:
The pain eventually passed off
Hypernyms (to "blow over" is one way to...):
disappear; go away; vanish (get lost, as without warning or explanation)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Context examples
As friends you are very happy, and your frequent quarrels soon blow over, but I fear you would both rebel if you were mated for life.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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