Blow up the picture to get a better look at their faces.
If a wind or a storm blows up, the weather becomes very windy or stormy. A storm blew up over the mountains
If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion. He was jailed for 45 years for trying to blow up a plane Their boat blew up as they slept
If a photographic image is blown up, a large copy is made of it. The image is blown up on a large screen. two blown up photos of Paddy. see also blow-up
get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
What happens when a ISSUE escalates from something no one knows about to something everyone knows about and threatens to bring down a minister or government The beleaguered member hopes that the controversy blows over and is soon forgotten (Added December 2002)
If you blow up at someone, you lose your temper and shout at them. I'm sorry I blew up at you When Myra told Karp she'd expose his past, he blew up. = explode