blow off
Example Sentences
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What started out as private sessions for friends who needed a place where they could blow off steam and express themselves eventually grew in size and scope.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
These suggestions will be easy to blow off if they are left to local managers to execute and enforce.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 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
If you forgot to pay attention to it the lid would blow off like a bomb, and the carrots and potatoes would be hurled to the ceiling, where they’d stick like mush.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
