blow (sth) out
— phrasal verb with blow uk/bləʊ/us/bloʊ/verb blew, blown
B1 If a flame blows out or you blow it out, it stops burning when a person or the wind blows on it:
After dinner she blew out the candles.
The sudden breeze made the candles blow out.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stopping fires
- beat
- beat sth out
- blow
- damp
- damp sth down
- douse
- extinguish
- go
- go out
- gutter
- quench
- smother
- snuff
- snuff sth out
- sprinkler
- sprinkler system