blowing off one's steam

Verb

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

1. (uncommon) Synonym of blow off steam.
   • During this hour or hour and a half he used to take his fling, going round to the studies of all his acquaintance, sparring or gossiping in the hall, now jumping the old iron-bound tables, or carving a bit of his name on them, then joining in some chorus of merry voices — in fact, blowing off his...1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days

   Synonyms:

   blow off steam