Blow up - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
- make large (syn: enlarge, magnify)
- add details to (syn: aggrandize, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad)
- burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction (syn: detonate, explode)
- exaggerate or make bigger (syn: amplify, expand, inflate)
- fill with gas or air (syn: inflate)
- to swell or cause to enlarge (syn: puff, puff out, puff up)
Extra examples
It looks as if it's blowing up for severe weather.
There was a storm blowing up while we were out at sea.
You'll have to blow up the fire to make it burn.
Mother will blow you up when she finds her best dishes broken.
The photographer blew the picture of the child up and entered it for a national competition.
Trouble is blowing up again.
We'll soon blow up his plan.
The plan blew up in his face.
...she blew up at everybody after a very long and very bad day...
...the building blew up because of a gas leak...
He always blows up his adventures to make them seem better than they were.
The lawyer's case blew up because he had no proof.
Orders to blow up the bridge were countermanded.
Blow up a balloon and tie the end.
Rebels attempted to blow up the bridge.
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