blow off one's steam

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blow off one's steam

verb blows off one's steam · blowing off one's steam · blew off one's steam · blown off one's steam

  1. uncommon Synonym of blow off steam. During this hour or hour and a half he used to take his fling, going round to the studies of all his acquaintance, sparring or gossiping in the hall, now jumping the old iron-bound tables, or carving a bit of his name on them, then joining in some chorus of merry voices — in fact, blowing off his st

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@misc{blow_off_one_s_steam_2026,
  title = {blow off one's steam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blow%20off%20one's%20steam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}