Collocations for blow - noun

give sth
Give your nose a blow.

hard, heavy, nasty, painful, powerful, severe, sharp, stinging, violent | fatal, final, mortal | glancing, light
Jack caught him a glancing blow on the jaw.

single
He killed the man with a single blow of his cricket bat.

flurry, hail
The man went down in a hail of blows.

get, receive, suffer, take
He suffered a severe blow to the head.

catch sb, deal sb, deliver, give sb, land, rain (down), strike sb
It was the gardener who delivered the fatal blow. | She landed a nasty blow on his nose. | He rained heavy blows on the old woman.

exchange
The boys exchanged blows with the police.

come to
The children came to blows over the new toy.

aim
She aimed a blow at Lucy.

avoid, deflect, dodge, parry, ward off

fall, land
The blow landed on my right shoulder.

~ of
two blows of the axe

~ on
a nasty blow on the head

~ to
a blow to the victim''s chest

big, great, major, serious, severe, terrible | bitter, crippling, cruel, crushing, devastating, knock-out | double | decisive, mortal
a mortal blow to British industry

body

deal (sb/sth), deliver, strike
His defeat dealt a crushing blow to the party.

receive, suffer | cushion, soften
to soften the blow of tax increases

come as
The news came as a bitter blow to the staff.

come, fall
The blow came at a meeting on Saturday.

~ for
A tax on books would be a body blow for education.

~ to
Her decision to live abroad was a terrible blow to her parents.

a bit of a blow