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What does "blow up" mean?

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Rebecca

The phrase "blow up" literally means to explode. In the video here, this phrase is used as slang and means "to become extremely popular". So when the man in the video says "I can't have you blowing up my spot", it means he doesn't want the boy to tell his friends where he lives, because his house will become popular since he is famous. "Blow up" is a very common slang phrase, and is usually used when talking about social media. Ex: Why do you keep texting me? You're blowing up my phone! Ex: That youtube video is blowing up, it already has a million views.

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