to blow out
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2.4
- phrasal verb
- /bloʊ aʊt/
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- Make a wish before you blow out the candles on your birthday cake.
- blow out the candles
- blow out the match
- blow out the flame
I was asked just now by Doubly Magazine to blow out the candles.
- I was asked just now by Doubly Magazine to blow out the candles.
- All right, now go blow out all those candles and make that wish come true.
- And I hear that whatever it was, and I like, scream, and I blow out the fire as fast as I can.
- Igor. Igor, how sweet of you to remember my birthday. Listen, let me blow out the candles, make a wish, and then we'll have a party later.
- But here's when it gets weird, where when they're done, when they're done singing, they have me blow out on the candle.
Examples
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I was asked just now by Doubly Magazine to blow out the candles.
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And then, um, open your eyes and blow out the candles and that'll break the circle.
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How about instead, we burn a match, and blow it out together?
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Did you blow out the candles for them?
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Come on, honey, blow out your candles.
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Okay, now blow out your candles.
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It's time to blow out the candles and make a wish.
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Okay, blow out the candles, Blue.
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WOMAN: Let's get ready to blow out the candles, baby!
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The teacher then asked Amir to blow out the candles, which he did after strenuous effort.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
114
2.0
Make a fire, light, or cigarette stop burning
31
5.7
To put out a small flame by covering or pinching it
23
4.4
Stop a fire, candle, or other light from burning
16
4.2
To stop thirst by drinking or to put out a fire by cooling it
11
5.3
To stop a small fire by covering it so it has no air
6
4.7
Stop a flame, candle, or small fire from burning
5
2.5
Stop a fire burning and spreading
3
5.3
To press the burning end of a cigarette against a surface to put it out
1
4.0
To press a small burning thing so it stops burning, for example a cigarette
To stop something burning by crushing it
Antonyms
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Morphology
The sense 'to erupt forcefully' is directly derivable from 'blow' (to expel or move with force) combined with 'out' (outward/completely), so the image of something bursting or being expelled outward is compositional. This motion/force + particle pattern is common in English (e.g. 'blew out a tyre', 'blew out a candle') and is likely recoverable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Blow out comes from the simple act of blowing air to stop a flame: you lean over and blow the candles out, and the fire goes out. That's why the phrase means 'to extinguish' a light or flame.