blow in

verb

blew in; blown in; blowing in; blows in

intransitive verb

: to arrive casually or unexpectedly

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Visibility across North Texas will be hindered Friday afternoon by dust blowing in from West Texas. Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2025 Market winds and dynamics blow in different directions very often, and if this underpinning is in place, the partnership will be able to weather most changes and uncertainties. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 But Wrigley was such an extreme pitcher’s park last year — something that appeared to be more about randomness and the wind blowing in at an extreme rate than a real trend — that Busch was just one of many Cubs to suffer at home. Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025 To me, that was two blows in the same year: checking into a treatment facility for depression and then checking out of show, still, because of it. Dave Quinn, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blow in

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blow in was in 1882

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“Blow in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20in. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.

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