BLOW STH


Meaning of BLOW STH in English

up

1.

to destroy sth by an explosion :

The police station was blown up by terrorists.

➡ note at explode

2.

to fill sth with air or gas so that it becomes firm :

The tyres on my bike need blowing up.

3.

to make a photograph bigger

SYN enlarge

—related noun blow-up

4.

to make sth seem more important, better, worse, etc. than it really is :

The whole affair was blown up out of all proportion .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.