blow down

verb

Definitions

  1. To knock over with an air current, most often wind.

    • I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down.
    • Part of the shed was recently blown down in a gale and has been removed, leaving rather inadequate accommodation.
  2. To clean off from top to bottom with an air current from a compressed air hose.

    • Blow down this enclosure and do some chip handling before you run this machine any further.
  3. Synonym of dirty down.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. To kill (someone) with a gun.

    2. To signal to someone by blowing into a whistle.

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