blow away
verb
blew away; blown away; blowing away; blows away
1
: to dissipate or remove as if with a current of air
their doubts were blown away
2
: to kill by gunfire : shoot dead
3
: to impress very strongly and usually favorably
4
: to defeat soundly
blew their rivals away in the first game
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Examples of blow away in a Sentence
the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion
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Biles used her iconic Yurchenko double pike vault to claim her seventh Olympic gold medal on Saturday, blowing away the competition in the women’s vault final.
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Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024
Wall Street stands by Meta after latest earnings beat Wall Street analysts were left blown away by Meta’s latest quarterly earnings beat.
—Lisa Kailai Han,fred Imbert, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2024
Prepare to be blown away by this American Idol news: Carrie Underwood is reportedly closing a deal to replace Katy Perry as a judge for Season 23, according to TMZ.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 31 July 2024
Half of Lenin’s face blown away from the statue on the square.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
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Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024
Wall Street stands by Meta after latest earnings beat Wall Street analysts were left blown away by Meta’s latest quarterly earnings beat.
—Lisa Kailai Han,fred Imbert, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2024
Prepare to be blown away by this American Idol news: Carrie Underwood is reportedly closing a deal to replace Katy Perry as a judge for Season 23, according to TMZ.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 31 July 2024
Half of Lenin’s face blown away from the statue on the square.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Blow away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20away. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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