blow town
blow town
To leave town, usually hastily. We need to blow town now—the boss has pieced together that we're the ones who stole the money. The robbers managed to blow town before the police figured out their identities. Mom, you're never going to get a product from that con man—he's just going to blow town once you pay him.
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blow town
tv. to get out of town, probably in a hurry. (Underworld.) I gotta pack and blow town. The cops are onto me.
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In those days when communication was slow at best, horse thieves and swindlers found it easy to slither into the city, commit their criminal acts, and
blow town. Maybe there was a shyster or two on this very train with the mayor.
Friday night's episode saw poor Frasier Crane finally realise he was madly in love with Kate, just as she decided to
blow town for a new job.
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