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blow down

verb blows down · blowing down · blew down · blown down

  1. transitive To knock over with an air current, most often wind. I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down.
  2. transitive To clean off from top to bottom with an air current from a compressed air hose. Blow down this enclosure and do some chip handling before you run this machine any further.
  3. Synonym of dirty down.

    Similar: dirty down

  4. US, dated, slang, transitive To kill (someone) with a gun.
  5. US, dated, slang, transitive To signal to someone by blowing into a whistle.

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verb to knock over with an air current

Deutschumwehen, umblasen, umpusten

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@misc{blow_down_2026,
  title = {blow down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blow%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}