blow sb out
informal — phrasal verb with blow /bləʊ/
/bloʊ/ verb (blew, blown)Definition
› to disappoint someone by not meeting them or not doing something that you had arranged to do with them: She was supposed to go to that party with me, but she blew me out.Refusing and rejecting
(Definition of blow sb out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- decline verb (REFUSE)
- disclaim verb
- frown on/upon sth phrasal verb
- I'm damned if idiom
- jettison verb
- miss a chance/opportunity idiom
- not hear of sth phrasal verb
- not on your life! idiom
- opt out phrasal verb
- override verb (NOT ACCEPT)
- pass sth up phrasal verb
- rebuff verb
- refusal noun
- resist verb
- shove/stick sth up your ass! idiom
- shun verb
- spurn verb
- turn sb away phrasal verb
- wash your hands of sth idiom
- would not do sth for all the tea in China idiom
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