blow
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to leave (someplace) in a hurry. (See also blow town; blow the joint.) : It's late. I gotta blow.
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to ruin something; to ruin an opportunity. : It was my last chance, and I blew it.
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a setback; an attack. : Acme Systems Industries suffered a blow to its plans to acquire ABC Steel Widgets.
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to waste money; to spend money. : Mary blew forty bucks on a secondhand radio.
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to become very angry; to lose one's temper. (See also blow a fuse.) : Finally I had had enough, and I blew.
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to play a musical instrument, not necessarily a wind instrument. : He blows, and everybody listens.
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and blow-out. a drinking party. : What a blow over at Joe's. I'll never get sober. , We blew out of the blow-out at about midnight.
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to snortany powdered drug; to take snuff. (Drugs.) : Those guys spend all their time blowing coke.
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to smoke marijuana. (Drugs.) : He sits there blowing by the hour. How can he afford it?
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cocaine. (Drugs.) : You can get some good blow over at that crack house.
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to perform an act of oral sex on someone, especially males. (Usually objectionable.) : Tom was looking for some bone addict who would blow him for nothing.
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