blow in

English

Verb

blow in (third-person singular simple present blows in, present participle blowing in, simple past blew in, past participle blown in)

1. (intransitive, slang) To unexpectedly and casually arrive.

   Synonyms: drop in, pop in

   • 2000 February 3, “Big Pink Loser”, in SpongeBob SquarePants‎^[1], season 2, episode 23a, spoken by Incidental 41 (Dee Bradley Baker):

     [Patrick Star is attempting to sweep the floor of the Krusty Krab with the wrong end of the broom] Hey pal, you just blow in from Stupid Town?

2. (transitive, slang) To waste large amounts of something (typically money); to squander.
3. (transitive, metallurgy) To activate a blast furnace by eliminating moisture and then igniting a large amount of fuel.

References

• “blow in v.¹”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
• “blow in v.²”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
• “blow, v.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.