blow over

verb

To blow on something causing it to topple.

“The wind blew over the pole.”

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Meanings

verbblow over (third-person singular simple present blows over, present participle blowing over, simple past blew over, past participle blown over)

present singular third person blows over · participle present blowing over · past blew over · participle past blown over

  1. transitiveTo blow on something causing it to topple.

    The wind blew over the pole.

  2. intransitiveTo be knocked down by wind.

    The tree blew over in the storm.

  3. idiomaticintransitiveTo pass naturally; to go away; to calm down or subside.

    They huddled, waiting for the storm to blow over.

    1 more example

    You cannot simply wait for a problem like that to blow over.

  4. transitiveTo overwhelm.

    I'm still mending from all that time ago, that was your purpose, so this could happen for me and so I can change the world and make it a better place, but I can't without fans, that blow me over with their wishes and dreams that couldn't exist without them.

    2011, Sandra Leigh Savage, Love Letters, →ISBN, page 79

Synonyms & antonyms

verbdisappear gradually

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evanescefadepass offfleetpass
Broader
disappearvanishgo away
Also see
blow pastevanescefadefleetpasspass off

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

French abattre, se terminer
  • abattreto be knocked down by wind
  • se terminerto pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down
  • être enterréto pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down
  • passerto pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down
Polish ucichać, ucichnąć
  • ucichaćto pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down
  • ucichnąćto pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down
Swedish blåsa omkull, blåsa omkull
  • blåsa omkullto blow on something causing it to topple
  • blåsa omkullto be knocked down by wind
  • bedarrato pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down
  • mojnato pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down
Welsh hwylio i lawr
  • hwylio i lawrto pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down
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APA

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MLA

“blow over.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blow%20over. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blow over,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blow%20over.

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