blow up

Definitions

• (intransitive) To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
• (transitive) To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.
• (transitive) To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or using an air pump.
• (transitive) To enlarge or zoom in.
• (intransitive) To fail disastrously.
• (slang) To become popular very quickly.
• (slang) To suddenly get very angry.
• (slang) To become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time.
• (transitive) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up.
• (transitive) To excite.
• (transitive) To scold violently.
• (sports) To blow the whistle.
• (cycling) To succumb to the oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race.
• (slang) To bombard with a large number of telephone calls, texts, etc.
• (slang) To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation or defecation