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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishblow over phrasal verb1 FALLif the wind blows something over, or if something blows over, the wind makes it fall Our fence blew over in the storm.blow something ↔ over The hurricane blew many trees over.2 FORGETif an argument or unpleasant situation blows over, it ends or is forgotten They weren’t speaking to each other, but I think it’s blown over now.3 DNFINISH/COME TO AN ENDif a storm blows over, it goes away → blow→ See Verb table
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blow over• This meant that the gliders were then parked the wrong way and, being light, they often blew over.• And his electrically-powered Sungift 400 buggy was nearly blown over every time a juggernaut roared by.• What was different about the air on top of the paper and the air underneath the paper when you blew over it?• Why did the paper go up when you blew over it?• If a glider was blown over with some one sitting inside it unstrapped, that person could be killed.
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