blow down

See also: blowdown

English

Verb

blow down (third-person singular simple present blows down, present participle blowing down, simple past blew down, past participle 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.
    • 2020 June 3, Andrew Mourant, “A safer railway in a greener habitat”, in Rail, page 58:
      A tree had been blown down on the track east of Chippenham. Bath Spa station became a scene of milling confusion. One minute we were told that trains were running. Then they weren't. Then they were again. Not a sound basis on which to try rejigging a business trip.
  2. (television) Synonym of dirty down

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