"blow off one's steam" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: blows off one's steam [present, singular, third-person], blowing off one's steam [participle, present], blew off]] one's steam [past], blown off]] one's steam [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|[[blow<,,blew,blown> off]] one's steam}} blow off one's steam (third-person singular simple present blows off one's steam, present participle blowing off one's steam, simple past blew off]] one's steam, past participle blown off]] one's steam)
  1. (uncommon) Synonym of blow off steam Tags: uncommon Synonyms: blow off steam [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-blow_off_one's_steam-en-verb-b5QtulJE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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