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blow over

verb
  1. To blow on something causing it to topple. (transitive) · The wind blew over the pole.
  2. To be knocked down by wind. (intransitive) · The tree blew over in the storm.
  3. To pass naturally; to go away; to calm down or subside. (intransitive) · They huddled, waiting for the storm to blow over.· You cannot simply wait for a problem like that to blow over.
  4. To overwhelm. (transitive)
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Lynde’s garden and set the flowers dancing--and then I’ll go with one great swoop over the clover field--and then I’ll blow over the Lake of Shining Waters and ripple it all up into little sparkling waves.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 79 · C1

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