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Blow up meaning

Blow up is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is for a storm to begin and develop.

Past simple
blew up
Past participle
blown up
-ing form
blowing up

What blow up means

storm beginsB2

For a storm to begin and develop

A violent storm blew up during the night.

1 more meaning of blow up is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.

Common questions

What does blow up mean?

It has 2 meanings. One of them is for a storm to begin and develop. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of blow up?

Blew up. The past participle is blown up.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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