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blow off steam

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  1. blow off steamverb

    To rant or shout in order to relieve stress; to vent.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of blow off steam in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of blow off steam in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of blow off steam in a Sentence

  1. Bryanna Reid:

    It's ok to understand other people. But it's not enough. Advertence is necessary too. Because it's easy to understand abstract person if you're not a victim but outside observer. Imagine you say to friend who needs your help: «I understand the man who stole from you because he was starved». Or that: «I understand that scumbag who raped you because his wife ran out on him and he wanted to blow off steam». Only most hard-hearted person can say that.

  2. Fox News contributor:

    It's very clear that she was trying to give all these protesters-slash-rioters a chance to blow off steam and then stop. It didn't happen.

  3. Bruce McIvor:

    That's a very different world than what you have currently ... where indigenous people rightly have the impression that in most situations, all that consultation is an opportunity for (the government) to blow off steam.

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