"blow over" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-blow over.ogg Forms: blows over [present, singular, third-person], blowing over [participle, present], blew over [past], blown over [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|blow<,,blew,blown> over}} blow over (third-person singular simple present blows over, present participle blowing over, simple past blew over, past participle blown over)
  1. To blow on something causing it to topple. Translations (to blow on something causing it to topple): blåsa omkull (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-blow_over-en-verb-f0KbkEgY Disambiguation of 'to blow on something causing it to topple': 93 5 1 1
  2. To be knocked down by wind. Translations (to be knocked down by wind): abattre (French), blåsa omkull (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-blow_over-en-verb-AW4cRnvG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "over", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 69 5 3 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "over": 22 61 8 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 57 9 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 63 11 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 69 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 53 11 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 21 50 16 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 55 15 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 22 53 11 13 Disambiguation of 'to be knocked down by wind': 4 92 3 2
  3. (idiomatic) To pass naturally; to go away; to calm down or subside. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down): se terminer (French), être enterré (French), passer (French), ucichać [imperfective] (Polish), ucichnąć [perfective] (Polish), bedarra (Swedish), mojna (Swedish), hwylio i lawr (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-blow_over-en-verb-0Og5SSIE Disambiguation of 'to pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down': 1 2 96 1
  4. To overwhelm.
    Sense id: en-blow_over-en-verb-v0-odYeH

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