blow (one) to (something)

slang To pay for something for oneself or someone else. My date tonight blew me to dinner, which was a nice treat. A: "Thanks for blowing me to ice cream!" B: "Well, you did just treat me to the movies last week." You've got a job these days, you can blow me to lunch for a change!

blow someone to

Treat someone to something, as in Let me blow you to dinner. [Slang; late 1800s]

See also: blow, someone, to

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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