blow up
verb
RareNot in standard dictionaries
1
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, up.
2
To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
3
To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.
4
To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or by using a pump.
5
To represent something as being more important or serious than it actually is; to inflate; to exaggerate.
6
To enlarge or zoom in on.
7
To fail disastrously.
8
To increase without bound as a function argument or parameter approaches a certain value; to tend toward infinity; to approach infinity as a limit.
9
To become popular very quickly.
10
To suddenly get very angry, to lose one's temper.
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