blow off one's steam

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blow off one's steam

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of blow off steam
    • 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days:
      During this hour or hour and a half he used to take his fling, going round to the studies of all his acquaintance, sparring or gossiping in the hall, now jumping the old iron-bound tables, or carving a bit of his name on them, then joining in some chorus of merry voices — in fact, blowing off his steam, as we should now call it.
    • 2007, Jill Kargman, Momzillas, London : Harper Perennial, →ISBN, page 198:
      When she left I was desperate to get out of the house and I decided to take Violet outside to blow off my steam.