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to blow over

to blow over

52 3.6
To become less serious or be forgotten over time
  • phrasal verb
  • /bloʊ ˈoʊvər/
translation icon : pasar
  • I'm gonna do my best to get this to blow over.

I told them that they would take a hit, but then things would blow over.

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Examples

  • Keep your head up, keep taking photographs, and all of this will blow over in time.

    Blog text (12)

  • Until it all blows over -- a couple of weeks at least.

    The Lilac Thief (2019)

  • And we just kept saying, "Oh, it's gonna blow over."

    The Life of Chuck (2025)

  • I just need about a year to let things blow over.

    Grapes on a Vine (2008)

  • This is all gonna blow over.

    What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)

  • For this thing to blow over, it could take days.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • By that time, I thought maybe it would all blow over.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • This will blow over by noon.

    Turbo (2013)

  • The only thing to do is lie low till it blows over.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • After a few weeks, I hope this issue will blow over and everyone will forget about it.

Synonyms

to fade
vsto blow over
531 1.2

To slowly become less visible, bright, or loud

applies to problems becoming less serious and being forgotten rather than general disappearance
to pass
vsto blow over
199 1.0

To move into a different state or condition

is specific to problems slowly becoming less serious and being forgotten
to fade away
vsto blow over
69 3.0

To become weaker and then disappear over time

implies situations lose seriousness and are forgotten rather than only disappearing
to let up
vsto blow over
54 3.8

To become less strong, especially for bad weather, pain, or pressure

communicates problems losing seriousness and being forgotten with time
to fall away
vsto blow over
19 4.3

To become less in amount or quality

is used for problems becoming less serious and being forgotten with time
to ease off
vsto blow over
9 4.0

To become gradually less strong or severe

focuses on problems becoming less serious and being forgotten with time
to peter out
vsto blow over
9 5.6

To slowly become weaker and then stop

is about problems becoming less serious and slowly being forgotten instead
to fleet
vsto blow over
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To gradually fade away

is the ordinary modern phrase for problems becoming less serious and being forgotten
to pass off
vsto blow over
3.9

To become less strong over time

is about problems becoming less serious and being forgotten with time
to evanesce
vsto blow over
  • Literature
9.9

To disappear slowly like mist

is used for problems becoming less serious and being forgotten rather than general vanishing

Antonyms

to escalate
220 5.5

To become larger, more serious, or more intense

to intensify
110 4.0

Make something stronger or more intense

How Long-Lasting

to persist
61 3.5
to linger
207 3.7
to blow over
52 3.6
to fade
531 1.2
to die down
46 2.7

Surface Forms

blow over infinitive
blowing over present participle
blows over third person singular
blew over past
blown over past participle

Morphology

blow + over

The sense 'to pass or become less serious' follows directly from combining 'blow' (to move by wind) with 'over' (across/past): literally a storm can blow over and thus pass. This physical sense is commonly extended metaphorically to problems and is cross-linguistically frequent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will usually be able to infer the meaning.

Etymology

The phrasal verb blow over may come from the image of wind that blows a storm over and away. So, like a storm, a problem or argument 'becomes less serious' or is forgotten with time.