Blow off
Blow off verb - To end a usually intimate relationship with.
Usage example: before she embarks on another relationship, she should try to figure out why all those other men have blown her off
Both terms in one sentence
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The shore leave is justified in-story by the Normandy needing some dry-dock time for repairs... and its crew desperately needing some time to relax and blow off steam from the war.
Source: Screw the War, We're Partying! - Instead, Big Boss and Miller elect to blow off Skull Face's arm and leg with his own lever shotgun and leave him to die slowly as revenge for Skull Face causing the destruction of MSF during the events of Ground Zeroes.
Source: Cruel Mercy -
You Lose at Zero Trust: If you blow off all the marriage candidates in year one or mismanage the farm so badly that you drive your spouse to take the kid and leave, you get a game over.
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