blow out

blow out
Noun. An excessive spree of drinking, eating, spending or sex.
Verb. To cancel an arranged meeting with someone, or an planned event, unreasonably or without due notification. E.g."I'm going to blow out my brother's birthday party and go to that new club night instead."

English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.

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  • Blow out — Réalisation Brian de Palma Acteurs principaux John Travolta Nancy Allen John Lithgow Dennis Franz Scénario Brian de Palma Musique Pino Donnagio Décors Paul Sylbert Photographie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Blow-out — auch: Blow|out 〈[bloʊaʊt] m. 6〉 unkontrolliertes Entweichen von Erdöl od. Erdgas aus einem Bohrloch [<engl. blow „blasen“ + out „aus, heraus“] * * * Blow out, Blow|out [ bloʊ|a̮ut, auch: bloʊ |a̮ut], der; s, s [engl. blow out, zu: to blow out …   Universal-Lexikon

  • blow-out — blow outs (in AM and sometimes in BRIT, use blowout) 1) N COUNT A blow out is a large meal, often a celebration with family or friends, at which people may eat too much. [INFORMAL] Once in a while we had a major blow out. Syn: pig out 2) N COUNT… …   English dictionary

  • blow out — (n.) also blowout, 1825, Amer.Eng. colloquial, outburst, brouhaha (what, in modern use, would be called a BLOW UP (Cf. blow up)), from BLOW (Cf. blow) (v.1) + OUT (Cf. out). Meaning abundant feast is recorded from 1824; that of flat tire is from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • blow-out — also blow|out especially AmE [ˈbləuaut US ˈblou ] n 1.) a sudden bursting of a tyre →↑puncture ▪ I had a blow out on the driver s side. 2.) [usually singular] informal a big expensive meal or large social occasion ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Blow-out — [ blou|aut], auch Blow|out der; s, s <zu engl. to blow out »ausbrechen; platzen«> unkontrollierter Ausbruch von Erdöl od. Erdgas aus einem Bohrloch …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • Blow-out — n. The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Blow-out — auch: Blow|out 〈[bloʊaʊt] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 unkontrolliertes Entweichen von Erdöl oder Erdgas aus einem Bohrloch [Etym.: engl., »Ölausbruch; Schlemmerei«] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • blow out — (someone) to defeat someone completely. Sometimes you play really badly and get blown out …   New idioms dictionary

  • blow out — (something) to make something stop working. I turned on my new television and blew out the picture tube …   New idioms dictionary

  • Blow Out —    Film policier de Brian De Palma, avec John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Litgow.   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1981   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 47    Résumé    Un preneur de son découvre par hasard un assassinat politique camouflé… …   Dictionnaire mondial des Films

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