blow over
— phrasal verb with blow uk/bləʊ/us/bloʊ/verb blew, blown
(SITUATION)
When an argument blows over, it becomes gradually less important until it ends and is forgotten:
I thought that after a few days the argument would blow over.
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Becoming and making less strong
- abate
- adulterate
- attenuate
- attrition
- blunt
- deflate
- dial
- dim
- emasculate
- flagging
- jelly
- keep sb down
- knock/take the stuffing out of sb/sth idiom
- muffle
- neutralize
- pine
- sag
- shake
- wilt
- wither on the vine idiom
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(STORM)
When a storm blows over, it becomes gradually less strong until it ends:
The storm raged all night but by morning it had blown over.
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Precipitation: stormy weather
- blow
- blow up
- bolt
- cyclone
- funnel cloud
- gale-force
- hurricane
- ice storm
- lightning
- rainstorm
- sheet lightning
- snowstorm
- squall
- stormy
- thunder
- thunderbolt
- thundery
- twister
- typhoon
- whirlwind
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