blow up
— phrasal verb with blow uk/bləʊ/us/bloʊ/verb blew, blown
(STORM)
When a storm blows up, it begins.
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Precipitation: stormy weather
- blow
- blow over
- 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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(ANGER)
informal to suddenly become very angry:
My dad blew up (at me) when he saw the bill.
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Becoming angry and expressing anger
- (almost) burst a blood vessel idiom
- ape
- ballistic
- bananas
- bay for blood idiom
- froth
- get your knickers in a twist idiom
- go ape idiom
- go nuts idiom
- go off the deep end idiom
- go postal idiom
- launch
- lose
- postal
- sharp
- storm
- tempers get frayed idiom
- turn in your grave idiom
- umbrage
- wobbly
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