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let off steam

let off steam is the alternative form of blow off steam.

Meaning of blow off steam

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To vent; to talk or take action (especially in a ranting or unrestrained way) so as to relieve stress.
    • Don't take it personally when he shouts like that. He's just blowing off steam.
  2. (idiomatic) To do something to get rid of excess energy or worry, especially exercise or diversion.

Forms of let off steam

third-person singular presentlets off steam
present participleletting off steam
past participlelet off steam
pastlet off steam

Words that rhyme with let off steam

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Questions about let off steam

What is let off steam the alternative form of?
Let off steam is the alternative form of blow off steam.

Words near let off steam in the dictionary

  1. let me tell you
  2. let nature take her course
  3. let nature take its course
  4. let not the sun go down upon one's wrath, neither give place to the devil
  5. let off
  6. let off steam
  7. let on
  8. let one go
  9. let one loose
  10. let one off
  11. let one rip

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Adapted from Wiktionary: let off steam (page history and authors); blow off steam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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