if a serious argument or problem blows up, it begins suddenly
if a storm or strong wind blows up, it suddenly starts
if something blows up, or if someone blows something up, it explodes and is destroyed
if your plans blow up in your face, they do not happen as you expected and cause a lot of problems
to fill something with air or gas
to make a photograph bigger
to suddenly become angry and shout at someone
A political row has blown up over the minister’s remarks.
Amelia loved Freddie's cottage and was delighted with the sleeping arrangements, especially her blow up bouncy bed.
She could have been a blow-up doll for all she mattered to him.
She just blew up at me.
Surely the first thing they did was to blow up the relay stations.
Terrorists had threatened to blow up the embassy.
The boiler blew up, wrecking the whole house.
The moment the racket signalled a premature blow-up, the cadres of conspirators went into action.
The race had to be cancelled when the storm blew up.
They had blown up the picture to make a huge poster of his face.
To judge by that silicon slag the other night, Stephen's extramarital tastes would be satisfied by a blow-up rubber doll.
We blew up lots of balloons and hung them around the room.
We don't know what's coming -- Vangelis may come home, Greece may blow up, there's no knowing.
`That's Hector Coyne, the MP someone tried to blow up last Saturday.
blows up
blowing up
blew up
blown up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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