to blow up
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3.4
- phrasal verb
- /bloʊ ʌp/
- Texting
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hacerse viral
- And the the song blew up on Spotify.
- the thing blew up
- blow up on Twitter
- start to blow up
Like we've seen so many people just blow up through YouTube Shorts.
- Like we've seen so many people just blow up through YouTube Shorts.
- Go speak to all the people that blew up on Myspace how that works out.
- I think like PewDiePie and Jacksepticeye Markiplier were all blowing up as well.
- These fucking clips are blowing up on YouTube and and SoundCloud.
- The big song, it blew up and got caught, got catchy.
- I was intrigued how it it blew up the way it did.
- You've got the show with Patrice, which is blowing up on on the five channel.
- It was after I left that my stuff blew up in that industry.
- I don't know if you feel this but my social media channels blew up when because of hate.
- Like the people that, you know, there's been channels that blow up like immediately super big.
- Maybe that's maybe that's how I blow up on TikTok.
- And then we said let's do a podcast and it blew up.
- Was it a surprise that Out of Time blew up so much?
Examples
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The video went viral, and soon it was blowing up across all social media platforms.
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After her song was featured in a popular TV show, it started blowing up on streaming services.
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Um, I turned on the live comments feature and it's blowing up.
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Oh, after like a month of blowing up on TikTok, I went to LA.
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As her career was blowing up, he moved to Hawaii to open a law practice.
Blog text (24) -
Can it be any coincidence that this whole thing blew up just as interest in the election died down?
Blog text (31) -
My Snapchat and Instagram is blowing up.
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Like we've seen so many people just blow up through YouTube Shorts.
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Joe Rogan, for example, has seen attendance at his comedy shows blow up since he started podcasting.
Blog text (4) -
The viral challenge quickly blew up, with millions of participants worldwide sharing their videos.
Synonyms
136
4.3
To increase very quickly in number or size
86
3.0
To become successful or popular very quickly
61
3.8
To spread very quickly online and reach many people
53
4.2
To become popular online for a short time
23
4.4
To quickly become very popular and liked by many people
11
3.0
To become known by many people very quickly
11
3.9
Get a lot of attention in an exciting way
7
3.9
To sell very quickly because many people want it
5
3.7
To become very popular quickly, especially online
1
6.1
Suddenly appear in a place or in someone's mind and surprise people
1
5.4
Cause a huge rise in online attention and internet traffic
Become very popular or successful very quickly
Antonyms
How Popular
- Texting
61
3.8
- Texting
26
3.4
86
3.0
9
4.2
11
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
blow + up
The sense 'become suddenly very popular' is a metaphorical extension of the literal senses of 'blow' (sudden force/expansion/explosion) plus the intensifying particle 'up', so a learner who knows the constituents can likely infer a general idea of rapid increase or spread. However, the social-media nuance (viral sharing/popularity) and the specific usage as a phrasal verb are not fully predictable from the parts alone, so prior exposure helps for the full meaning.
Etymology
Blow up meaning 'to become suddenly very popular' comes from a small post or video that quickly grows and spreads online, as if it inflates and fills up the web. That's why it means 'to get many views or shares fast'.