"blast off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-blast off.ogg [Australia] Forms: blasts off [present, singular, third-person], blasting off [participle, present], blasted off [participle, past], blasted off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} blast off (third-person singular simple present blasts off, present participle blasting off, simple past and past participle blasted off)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to begin ascent under rocket power Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-blast_off-en-verb-PC781m~e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for blast off meaning in All languages combined (1.4kB)

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