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blown-up

[blohn-uhp]
–adjective
1. (of a picture, photograph, image, etc.) enlarged.
2. damaged or destroyed by demolition, explosion, etc.: blown-up bridges.
3. (of a ball, balloon, etc.) inflated.
4. overexpanded; unduly large: a blown-up sense of importance.

Origin:
1860–65
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blown (up)

  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. (See also blown away; blown (out).) : You are blown as blazes, you twit!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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