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Let loose energy and flatulate vaporous emission! (4,3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blow off steam

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'flatulate vaporous emission' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'let loose energy' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'energy' could be 'steam' (I've seen this before) and 'steam' is located in the answer.
'let loose' could be 'low' (lowing is a kind of letting loose) and 'low' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'boff' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for blow off steam that I've seen is " Release pent-up emotions".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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