Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, up. • To explode or be destroyed by explosion. • To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion. • To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or by using a pump. • To represent something as being more important or serious than it actually is; to inflate; to exaggerate. • To enlarge or zoom in on. • To fail disastrously. • To increase without bound as a function argument or parameter approaches a certain value; to tend toward infinity; to approach infinity as a limit. • To become popular very quickly. • To suddenly get very angry, to lose one's temper. • To become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time. • To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up. • To excite. • To scold violently, blow up at. • To blow the whistle. • To succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race. • To overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc. • To overwhelm (a place) with traffic or volume by revealing its existence to others. • To bombard with a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of rendering temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient. • To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc. • To be overwhelmed with traffic or volume. • To receive a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of being rendered temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient. • To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation, defecation, etc. • To begin; to gather; to form. • To use an intoxicating drug; to get high.