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See: BLOW HOT AND COLD, MAKE IT HOT.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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blow hot and cold

[blow hot and cold] {v. phr.} To change your ways or likes often; be fickle or changeable. * /Tom blows hot and cold about coming out for the baseball team; […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cold

[cold] See: [BLOOD RUNS COLD], [BLOW HOT AND COLD], [CATCH COLD] or [TAKE COLD], [IN COLD BLOOD], [OUT COLD], [OUT IN THE COLD], [PASS OUT] (2), [STONE-COLD], [STOP COLD], [THROW […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

knock cold

[knock cold] {v. phr.}, {informal} To render unconscious. * /The blow on the chin knocked Harry cold./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[blow a fuse] or [blow a gasket] or [blow one's top] or [blow one's stack] {v. phr.}, {slang} To become extremely angry; express rage in hot words. * /When Mr. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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