blow one's lid

intransitive verb blew, blown, blowing

1. to move with some force: said of the wind or a current of air
2. to send forth air with or as with the mouth
3. to pant; be breathless
4. to make or give sound by blowing or being blown
5. to exhale air and condensed moisture from the lungs in a spout through the blowhole: said of whales
6. to be carried by the wind or a current of air: the paper blew away
7. to be stormy
8. to burst suddenly, as a tire, or melt, as a fuse: often with out
9. to lay eggs: said of flies
10. Informal to brag; boast
11. ☆ Slang to go away; leave
12. Jazz, Slang to improvise
13. Slang to cease functioning, esp. by overuse: said of an engine, etc.

Origin: ME blowen < OE blawan < IE *bhlē-: see blast

transitive verb

1. to cause air to come from (a bellows, blower, etc.)
2. to send out (breath, tobacco smoke, etc.) from the mouth
3. to force air onto, into, or through
4. to drive by blowing
5. 1. to sound (a wind instrument) by blowing
   2. to make (a sound or signal) by blowing
6. to cool, warm, dry, or soothe by blowing on or toward
7. to shape or form (glass, soap bubbles, etc.) by blown air or gas
8. to clean or clear by blowing through: to blow one's nose
9. to cause to burst or break by an explosion
10. to cause (a horse) to pant
11. to lay or deposit eggs in: said of flies
12. to melt (a fuse, etc.)
13. Informal to spend (money) freely or wastefully; squander
14. Informal to treat (to something)
15. ☆ Informal to forget or fluff (one's lines) in a show
16. ☆ Slang to go away from; leave: he blew town
17. ☆ Slang to bungle and fail in: we had our chance and blew it
18. blowedSlang to damn: used in euphemistic oaths
19. Slang to inhale (cocaine, marijuana, etc.)
20. Slang to reveal or disclose, esp. so as to compromise: they blew our cover
21. Slang, Vulgar to perform fellatio on
22. Slang to cause (an engine, transmission, etc.) to cease functioning, esp. by overuse

noun

1. the act of blowing
2. a blast of air
3. Metallurgy
   1. the blast of air forced through molten metal to remove impurities
   2. the time or stage in metal refining in which the blast of air is forced through molten metal
   3. the amount of metal that is refined during this time
4. a strong wind; gale
5. a boast
6. Slang cocaine