Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blow off one's steam

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: blow of-f one's steam
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of blow off steam.

Example Sentences

"During this hour or hour and a half he used to take his fling, going round to the studies of all his acquaintance, sparring or gossiping in the hall, now jumping the old iron-bound tables, or carving a bit of his name on them, then joining in some chorus of merry voices — in fact, blowing off his steam, as we should now call it."
"When she left I was desperate to get out of the house and I decided to take Violet outside to blow off my steam."

Inflected Forms

blows off one's steam (present, singular) blowing off one's steam (participle, present) blew off one's steam (past) blown off one's steam (participle, past)

Synonyms

blow off steam

Questions

What does blow off one's steam mean?: Synonym of blow off steam.

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