blow off one's steam

English

(uncommon) Synonym of blow off steam
- 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days:
  During this hour or hour and a half he used to take his fling, going round to the studies of all his acquaintance, sparring or gossiping in the hall, now jumping the old iron-bound tables, or carving a bit of his name on them, then joining in some chorus of merry voices — in fact, blowing off his steam, as we should now call it.
- 2007, Jill Kargman, Momzillas, London […]: Harper Perennial, →ISBN, page 198:
  When she left I was desperate to get out of the house and I decided to take Violet outside to blow off my steam.