
blow up (1)
This page is about the phrasal verb blow up (1)
Meaning
If you blow up something, you use explosives to damage or destroy it.
For example
- blow sth up The soldiers blew the bridge up.
- blow up sth They blew up the wrong building and killed lots of innocent people.
Nouns often used as objects with blow up (1): building, bridge, target
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