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blast off

Become excited or high, especially from using drugs, as in They give parties where people blast off . [ Slang ; c. 1960]
Depart, clear out, as in This party's over; let's blast off now . [ Slang ; early 1950s]
Also, blast away . Take off or be launched, especially into space, as in They're scheduled to blast off on Tuesday . This usage originated with the development of powerful rockets, spacecraft, and astronauts, to all of which it was applied. [c. 1950]

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It says this is cheaper than developing and blasting off their own missions.

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Pop star Katy Perry will blast off into space as part of an upcoming all-women flight on Blue Origin's New Shepherd rocket.

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It sure sounded like it Friday night, the ball blasting off Freeman’s bat in the 10th inning against New York Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes as if it were a pack of firecrackers.

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Space Force to increase its monitoring of wildlife inside and near the base, one of seven conditions it sought to agree for the significant increase in rocket blasts off the Santa Barbara County coast.

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A SpaceX rocket was set to blast off early Tuesday morning on a mission to reach a new milestone in human spaceflight: the first walk in space by private citizens.

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