Aubrey Carter
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Absolutely.
Right.
That is interesting with phrasal verbs when they have such different meanings.
You might use a few in one conversation.
Like he ignored us.
He just went right past us.
Not paying attention, not caring.
And this happens a lot, I think, now that people are on their phones more and more.
Oh, yeah.
You don't see people in line waiting.
You just blow past them and are rude with it.
Unless someone says something, you might do that without even realizing it.
Exactly.
And then I said, oh, or you said that might blow open our plans for your dad's surprise birthday party.
So we have this secret and it might get blown open.
And when you read it, it almost sounded like blow up.
You could also say blow up here.
That might blow up our plans, meaning ruin them.
That would work here as well.
It kind of depends on exactly what you're saying.