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blow up

To inflate or fill with air.
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Blow up the balloons.

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Submitted on August 30, 2012

Additional definitions for 'blow up':

blow upTo explode or be destroyed by explosion.
blow upTo explode something or somebody or destroy something or injure or kill somebody by explosion.
blow upTo enlarge or zoom in.
blow upTo fail disastrously.
blow upTo become popular very quickly.
blow upTo suddenly get very angry.
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