blowing off

Verb

blow off (third-person singular simple present blows off, present participle blowing off, simple past blew off, past participle blown off)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, off.
   • She blew the dust off the cookbook, revealing its full title.
2. (transitive) To vent, usually, to reduce pressure in a container.
   • The radioactivity was released when they blew off steam from the containment vessel.
3. (intransitive, transitive) To let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose.
   • The engine or steamer is blowing off.
4. (transitive) To shirk or disregard (a duty or person).
   • I decided to blow off the meeting and leave early.

   Synonyms:

   dick around

   1. (transitive) To abandon (someone) as the last stage of a scam.
   2. (transitive) To reject or shut down someone's sexual advances or other offers (e.g. a job offer).

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