blow over en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(transitive) To blow on something causing it to topple.
The wind blew over the pole.
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(intransitive) To be knocked down by wind.
The tree blew over in the storm.
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To pass naturally; to go away; to calm down or subside.
They huddled, waiting for the storm to blow over.
You cannot simply wait for a problem like that to blow over.
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(transitive) To overwhelm.
I'm still mending from all that time ago, that was your purpose, so this could happen for me and so I can change the world and make it a better place, but I can't without fans, that blow me over with their wishes and dreams that couldn't exist without them.
2011, Sandra Leigh Savage, Love Letters, →ISBN, page 79:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blows over | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| blown over | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| blowing over | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| blew over | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
pl ucichnąć (to pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down) · fr être enterré (to pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down) · sv blåsa omkull (to blow on something causing it to topple) · sv mojna (to pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down) · pl ucichać (to pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down) · fr se terminer (to pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down) · sv blåsa omkull (to be knocked down by wind) · cy hwylio i lawr (to pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down) · fr abattre (to be knocked down by wind) · fr passer (to pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down) · sv bedarra (to pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down)