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blow the cobwebs away
make you feel fresh
If something blows the cobwebs away, it makes you feel fresh and awake after feeling tired or dull.
Hear it in real life
You look tired after the flight.
I know. Let's go for a walk and blow the cobwebs away.
A quick swim before work really blows the cobwebs away.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: A walk blows the cobwebs away me.
Say: A walk blows the cobwebs away.
Do not add a personal object after “away”; the fixed expression ends with “blow the cobwebs away.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
blow the cobwebs away; blow away the cobwebs
Your turn: say it out loud
A quick swim before work really blows the cobwebs away.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
blow the cobwebs away
make you feel fresh
“A quick swim before work really blows the cobwebs away.”
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