blow over

verb

1. to cease or be finished

   the storm blew over

2. to be forgotten

   the scandal will blow over

Idioms and Phrases

Pass away, subside. For example, The storm will blow over by afternoon , or After a couple of years the scandal will blow over . This term, with its analogy to storm clouds that pass over an area without descending, dates from about 1600.

Example Sentences

On Friday, the story had looked like it might blow over as Buckingham Palace sought to dismiss it as a “civil case.”

From The Daily Beast

Then, like a true BuzzFeeder acolyte, he added: “This story will blow over as soon as the Kardashians have a new kid.”

From The Daily Beast

This will be a one-week story, they said, and quickly blow over.

From The Daily Beast

The story is just “tittle-tattle” and it will all “blow over,” he told the BBC.

From The Daily Beast

The campaign only wanted a discreet interval for the fuss to blow over.

From The Daily Beast

Yet where winds blow over verdureless surfaces the effect of the sand which they sweep before them is often considerable.

From Project Gutenberg

He therefore ran down the bank of the river, waiting until the squall should blow over, and enable him to discover the boat.

From Project Gutenberg

The top thus appears to outgrow the root, and such trees are apt to blow over during wind storms.

From Project Gutenberg

They are apt to blow over or break off after a few years, unless carefully staked up.

From Project Gutenberg

But it is the worse for poor Hunt, unless the present storm should blow over.

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