BLOW OUT


Meaning of BLOW OUT in English

blow out phrasal verb ( see also ↑ blow )

1 . if you blow a flame or a fire out, or if it blows out, it stops burning:

The match blew out in the wind.

blow something ↔ out

Blow out all the candles.

2 . if a tyre blows out, it bursts

3 . blow itself out if a storm blows itself out, it ends

4 . blow your/sb’s brains out to kill yourself, or someone else, with a shot to the head

5 . blow somebody ↔ out American English spoken to easily defeat someone:

We blew them out 28–0.

6 . American English if you blow out your knee or another joint in your body, or if it blows out, you injure it badly

7 . if an oil or gas ↑ well blows out, oil or gas suddenly escapes from it

8 . blow somebody ↔ out to stop having a friendship or relationship with someone

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.