blow someone out v.
1. to shock.
![]() | Campus Sl. Apr. 1: blow (somebody) out, blown out – to embarrass [...] to shock by doing something socially gauche. When she burped at the party, she blew him out. |
2. to ignore, to dismiss, to reject; for one of a couple to abandon the relationship.
![]() | Sir, You Bastard 202: What’ll you do, blow him out? | |
![]() | Tucker and Co 106: You’ll have to get it together and ask her then, won’t you? Even if she does blow you out, you’ll have sorted it one way or the other. | |
![]() | Powder 346: He was going to call Celeste when he got to Boston, tell her everything, face the music and, if she blew him out, it would be no less than he deserved. | |
![]() | Indep. Rev. 24 May 7: If I have to blow these guys out, it’s just as scary as blowing my missus out, or my mum and dad out. |