Definition of a blast from the past

blast from the past

noun

• something from the past.

  Well that was a blast from the past!

  These movies are blast from the past!

  Last edited on Mar 05 2017. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'blast':
*ss blast	Definitions include: instance of flatulence.
blast	Definitions include: something very fun.
blasted	Definitions include: v. slang for getting shot, made popular by rap music artists, in the mid 90's.
ghetto blaster	Definitions include: a portable box stereo system, typically furnished with radio, cassette player, and CD player.
have a blast	Definitions include: See blast.
put on blast	Definitions include: to tell someone's information to others without their consent.
Other terms relating to 'from':
AFK	Definitions include: acronym of "away from keyboard."
beat up from the feet up	Definitions include: Connotes mental, physical, and spiritual bankruptcy.
BFH	Definitions include: acronym for "bitch from hell".
BOFH	Definitions include: acronym for "bastard operator from hell".
brother from another mother	Definitions include: a good friend that is more like a brother.
come from together	Definitions include: This is an expression that was used in Western Kentucky in the late seventies, possibly earlier.
drink from the fire hose	Definitions include: to become overwhelmed with information.
farfrumpoopin	Definitions include: constipated.
from *ss to elbow	Definitions include: over the entire body.
from hell	Definitions include: nightmarish.
from hunger	Definitions include: run down or impoverished.
from rags to riches	Definitions include: to go from extreme poverty to wealth.
from scratch	Definitions include: from basic ingredients; not pre-prepared.
from the bottom of (one's) heart	Definitions include: with sincere emotion.
from the d*ck	Definitions include: at the beginning, from the start.
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Other terms relating to 'past':
get one past the goalie	Definitions include: to impregnate a female.
pasting	Definitions include: a beating.
Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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