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View synonyms for blow up

blow up

verb

  1. to explode or cause to explode
  2. tr to increase the importance of (something)

    they blew the whole affair up

  3. intr to come into consideration

    we lived well enough before this thing blew up

  4. intr to come into existence with sudden force

    a storm had blown up

  5. informal.
    to lose one's temper (with a person)
  6. informal.
    tr to reprimand (someone)
  7. informal.
    tr to enlarge the size or detail of (a photograph)

noun

  1. an explosion
  2. informal.
    an enlarged photograph or part of a photograph
  3. informal.
    a fit of temper or argument
  4. informal.
    Also calledblowing up a reprimand

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