blow off
Example Sentences
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Usually, it’s the small things that, repeated daily, push family members traveling together to a point of needing to blow off some steam.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
When I need to blow off steam, I like to go for a bike ride.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
Maybe you're angry for some *waves hands* reason, and need to blow off steam with some shoot-'em-up action or dissociate from your everyday reality.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2024
"We booked it so we could either celebrate or blow off some steam - a good night out to forget the stress," she says.
From BBC • Aug. 12, 2024
“Weekly reports? How do you expect a man to do anything? The whole dam top could blow off and we’d not know it.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
