Comprehensive
Dictionary Suite
Help
Help
Help
 
     
Lookup History
blow up

blow up

 
See:
blow
part of speech: phrase
definition 1: to explode.
Someone had planted a bomb and the car suddenly blew up.
synonyms:
explode
similar words:
destroy
definition 2: to cause (something) to explode.
The conspirators blew up the building.
definition 3: to inflate.
Let's blow up the balloons.
synonyms:
inflate
similar words:
balloon
definition 4: to enlarge (something) or add significance.
We could see another man's face in the picture when the photographer blew up the image.I think you're blowing this incident up out of all proportion!
synonyms:
enlarge, magnify
similar words:
amplify, expand
definition 5: (informal) to lose one's temper.
She blew up when they finally announced the flight was canceled.I promise I won't blow up at you if you tell me the truth.
synonyms:
explode, flare up
similar words:
burst, fly off the handle
definition 6: to exaggerate, as a story.
Don't believe his story; he's blowing everything up.
synonyms:
exaggerate, inflate, overstate
similar words:
embroider, magnify