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Meantolearn Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

back-to-school blow-out

What does it mean?

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blow-out can mean 'sudden bursting of a tyre'.

The meaning seems quite different from the one in question, why?
  

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A blow-out is a rowdy party. This one is to celebrate the beginning of school and/or bemoan the end of summer vacation.

— Mister Micawber

  • A blow-out is a rowdy party.
  • This one is to celebrate the beginning of school and/or bemoan the end of summer vacation.
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A blow-out is a rowdy party. This one is to celebrate the beginning of school and/or bemoan the end of summer vacation.
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My first guess on seeing this was that it could be an advertisement for a big sale on "back-to-school" clothes or supplies.
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Yes, that's a good idea, too.
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Mister MicawberA blow-out is a rowdy party. This one is to celebrate the beginning of school...

This one's for the parents, presumably.

(But not other motorists.)

MrP
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Hi all,

So, what does 'blow-out' exactly mean?

Party or big sale? I can't find a definition such as 'big sale' in all my dictionaries.

Either party or big sale, it's quite different from a sudden bursting of a tyre. Isn't it?

Thanks, folks.
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Hello M2L

It seems it can mean either a big sale or a party. So in this case, it would depend where you'd seen the phrase.

I'm not sure why 'blow-out' would mean party or sale. 'Blow' can mean 'depart', in slang, which may explain the former.

It can also mean 'spend in a sudden and extravagant fashion ('I've just blown $50 on a new Dictionary of English Idioms'); which
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I'd say "blow-out," in its various meanings (not including the literal meaning of a ruptured tire), could be replaced by "extravaganza."
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