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blow down

verb
  1. To knock over with an air current, most often wind. (transitive) · I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down.
  2. To clean off from top to bottom with an air current from a compressed air hose. (transitive) · Blow down this enclosure and do some chip handling before you run this machine any further.
  3. Synonym of dirty down.
  4. To kill (someone) with a gun. (US, dated, slang, transitive)
  5. To signal to someone by blowing into a whistle. (US, dated, slang, transitive)
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