Blow up

"But we wanted to be more ambitious. We had established contacts with the Ukrainian railways, and they had all sorts of needs. Bridges blown up by the Russians, but also bridges blown up by themselves in tactical battlefield operations."

For the school science project, each student will blow up a balloon and then tie it closed.

never did it ring more loudly than that night, as I watched her draw back the blanket of moss from the coals, blow up the fire, and cook the evening meal.

The foreign secretary David Miliband's emphasis that this is purely a consular matter is intended to forestall an attempt by Iranian hardliners to blow the incident up.

Lena insists the moment wasn't as awkward as it looked, and the coverage blew it up to be something way bigger than it actually was IRL.

By scrupulosity, I mean an exaggerated amount of self-condemnation over small issues that you blow up in your mind as terrible.

Blow up the picture to get a better look at their faces.

So I wish you luck, but don't come crying to me when it blows up in your face.

The quantity 1/x blows up as x approaches zero.

And these loops have a tendency to blow up, to borrow more and more energy by becoming smaller and smaller, eventually borrowing an infinite amount of energy. When a calculation returns an infinite answer, this usually means something has gone badly wrong.

This album is about to blow up; they’re being promoted on MTV.

You know you blew up when the women rush your stands And try to touch your hands like some screaming Usher fans […]

“It was artsy,” Mr. Skorupski said, likening it to a cross between a steakhouse and MoMA. “This is a place that’s going to blow up.”

Dad blew up at me when I told him I was pregnant.

to blow someone up with flattery

blown up with high conceits engendering pride

to blow up a contention

[…] did not choose to comply with her wishes. Upon which Mrs. Basset, in the language of the Old Bailey, nabbed the rust; insisted upon some liquor, would not quit the house without it, and began to blow up the hostess and blast the rose.

#*: I have blown him up well — nobody can say I wink at what he does.

I blew up another department's API servers – did I screw up or should they have more protections?

blow up the spot;   blow up someone's spot

Be cool! Keep it on the down low. Don't blow up my spot!

blow up someone's phone

I had to mute the notifications for that group text. Those hooligans kept blowing up my phone.

I am the man So I’m sitting in the VIP with my mains We twisted up some Crip but I am ready to dip to the telly with my relly cuz these fuckin git up chicks keep blowin up my celly.

Don't let them sabotage a possible good thing by blowing up your phone while you're in the middle of a hot date with nonsense like, “Jason keeps asking for a Popsicle before bed. Do you think it's okay that I give him one?”

Dad sure knew how to kill a mood. He had blown up my phone all day, ensuring that I didn't back out of our agreement.

Not knowing the whereabouts of his daughter, Tavon blew up her phone without once getting a response.

He has never officially said that we are in a relationship, but he blows up my phone night and day, always wanting to know where I am.

“Danny Cipriani is blowing up my phone saying: ‘I’m going to sue you’,” she said, shortly before announcing her willingness to go to prison over the issue.

They're blowing up our phones, asking where we are / Just say we're almost there; we ain't even in the car

There were so many incoming enemy planes that our monitoring and notification system blew up before the base was even able to respond.

Damn, my spot blew up. Time to find the next one.

one's phone is blowing up

I had to mute the notifications for that group text. My phone kept blowing up every day.

Halfway home, and my pager's still blowin' up

Don't go in there...I really blew it up.

A storm is blowing up in the north.