Idiom
blow this pop stand
Meaning
To exit or remove oneself from a less than exciting location or environment.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This party is boring, so let's blow this pop stand.”
“I am ready to blow this pop stand and head home.”
“Let's blow this pop stand before the rain starts.”
“After sitting through three hours of the dull meeting, I decided it was time to blow this pop stand.”
“The movie was so slow that we decided to blow this pop stand and go get some pizza instead.”
“Since the band finished their set and the bar is getting too crowded, we should probably blow this pop stand.”
“The museum gallery is much smaller than we expected, so let's blow this pop stand and find a park where we can walk around in the sun.”
“Realizing the evening had devolved into tedious small talk, he signaled his friend that it was time to blow this pop stand.”
Examples
simple
“This party is boring, so let's blow this pop stand.”
“I am ready to blow this pop stand and head home.”
“Let's blow this pop stand before the rain starts.”
contextual
“After sitting through three hours of the dull meeting, I decided it was time to blow this pop stand.”
“The movie was so slow that we decided to blow this pop stand and go get some pizza instead.”
“Since the band finished their set and the bar is getting too crowded, we should probably blow this pop stand.”
“The museum gallery is much smaller than we expected, so let's blow this pop stand and find a park where we can walk around in the sun.”
complex
“Realizing the evening had devolved into tedious small talk, he signaled his friend that it was time to blow this pop stand.”
Origin
The phrase is an abbreviated form of the American colloquialism blow this popsicle stand, first recorded in the mid-20th century. Both variations employ the slang verb blow, in the sense of leaving a place with haste, and preserve the original reference to a mobile confectionery stall.
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