Definitions from Wiktionary (blow up)
▸ verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, up.
▸ verb: (intransitive, also figuratively) To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
▸ verb: (transitive, also figuratively) To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.
▸ verb: (transitive) To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or by using a pump.
▸ verb: (transitive) To enlarge or zoom in on.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To fail disastrously.
▸ verb: (intransitive, mathematics, said of a function) To increase without bound as a function argument or parameter approaches a certain value; to tend toward infinity; to approach infinity as a limit.
▸ verb: (slang, intransitive) To become popular very quickly.
▸ verb: (intransitive, slang) To suddenly get very angry, to lose one's temper.
▸ verb: (intransitive, slang) To become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time.
▸ verb: (transitive, dated) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up.
▸ verb: (transitive, dated) To excite.
▸ verb: (transitive, dated) To scold violently, blow up at.
▸ verb: (sports) To blow the whistle.
▸ verb: (intransitive, cycling) To succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race.
▸ verb: (transitive, slang, said of a device or machine) To overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc.
▸ verb: (especially) (said of a cell phone, pager, or other personal communication device) To bombard with a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of rendering temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient.
▸ verb: (intransitive, slang, said of a device or machine) To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.
▸ verb: (especially) (said of a cell phone, pager, or other personal communication device) To receive a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of being rendered temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient.
▸ verb: (slang, colloquial) To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation, defecation, etc.
▸ verb: (intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to gather; to form.
▸ verb: (intransitive, slang, dated) To use an intoxicating drug; to get high.
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▸ verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, up.
▸ verb: (intransitive, also figuratively) To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
▸ verb: (transitive, also figuratively) To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.
▸ verb: (transitive) To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or by using a pump.
▸ verb: (transitive) To enlarge or zoom in on.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To fail disastrously.
▸ verb: (intransitive, mathematics, said of a function) To increase without bound as a function argument or parameter approaches a certain value; to tend toward infinity; to approach infinity as a limit.
▸ verb: (slang, intransitive) To become popular very quickly.
▸ verb: (intransitive, slang) To suddenly get very angry, to lose one's temper.
▸ verb: (intransitive, slang) To become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time.
▸ verb: (transitive, dated) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up.
▸ verb: (transitive, dated) To excite.
▸ verb: (transitive, dated) To scold violently, blow up at.
▸ verb: (sports) To blow the whistle.
▸ verb: (intransitive, cycling) To succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race.
▸ verb: (transitive, slang, said of a device or machine) To overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc.
▸ verb: (especially) (said of a cell phone, pager, or other personal communication device) To bombard with a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of rendering temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient.
▸ verb: (intransitive, slang, said of a device or machine) To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.
▸ verb: (especially) (said of a cell phone, pager, or other personal communication device) To receive a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of being rendered temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient.
▸ verb: (slang, colloquial) To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation, defecation, etc.
▸ verb: (intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to gather; to form.
▸ verb: (intransitive, slang, dated) To use an intoxicating drug; to get high.
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explode,
detonate,
inflate,
throw a fit,
set off,
puff,
puff out,
puff up,
enlarge,
aggrandize,
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