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Meaning of blow over | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To blow on something causing it to topple.
    transitive
  2. To be knocked down by wind.
    intransitive
  3. To pass naturally; to go away; to calm down or subside.
    idiomatic, intransitive
  4. To overwhelm.
    transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“The wind blew over the pole.”
“The tree blew over in the storm.”
“They huddled, waiting for the storm to blow over.”
“You cannot simply wait for a problem like that to blow over.”
“I'm still mending from all that time ago, that was your purpose, so this could happen for me and so I can change the world and make it a better place, but I can't without fans, that blow me over with their wishes and dreams that couldn't exist without them.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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