BLOW OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blow over mean? 

• BLOW OVER (verb)
  The verb BLOW OVER has 1 sense:

1. disappear gradually

  Familiarity information: BLOW OVER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOW OVER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disappear gradually

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

blow over; evanesce; fade; fleet; pass; pass off

Context example:

The pain eventually passed off

Hypernyms (to "blow over" is one way to...):

disappear; go away; vanish (get lost, as without warning or explanation)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

 Context examples 

As friends you are very happy, and your frequent quarrels soon blow over, but I fear you would both rebel if you were mated for life.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)