"explode," 1590s, from blow (v.1) + up (adv.). As a noun, it is recorded from 1809 in the sense "outburst, quarrel." Meaning "enlargement from a photograph" is attested b [..]

You have to pace yourself on rides, especially hilly or long ones, or you might blow up and tire yourself out so much you have to stop, or find another way to get home. You can blow up due to riding t [..]

explode: cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" make large; "blow up an image" flip one's lid: [..]

To have your golf game come apart at the seams. Easily recognized: When your score is blowing up,

To enlarge pictorial material by hand or photographic methods.

vi. 1. [scientific computation] To become unstable. Suggests that the computation is diverging so rapidly that it will soon overflow or at least go nonlinear. 2. Syn. blow out.

You have to pace yourself on rides, especially hilly or long ones, or you might blow up and tire yourself out so much you have to stop, or find another way to get home. You can blow up due to riding t [..]

To enlarge photographically. Such an enlargement is called a blowup.

an enlargement, most frequently of a graphic image or photograph.

 to suddenly be unable to continue at the required pace due to overexertion.

You have to pace yourself on rides, especially hilly or long ones, or you might blow up and tire yourself out so much you have to stop, or find another way to get home. You can blow up due to riding too hard, too far and by not drinking or eating enough.

Another term for a print or photographic enlargement, usually considered to be anything larger than 8"x10".

You have to pace yourself on rides, especially hilly or long ones, or you might blow up and tire yourself out so much you have to stop, or find another way to get home. You can blow up due to riding t [..]