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
Recent Examples on the Web
He was blown away by how much people got it and enjoyed it.
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Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
We have been blown away by his improvements in the last 48 hours.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
Early August 1990 saw Prince blowing away the crowd at a concert in Germany, while Cindy Crawford made a similar impact just by showing up to an even in New York City.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2024
What’s been habit-forming this summer is that several movies have been blowing away projections with big walk-up business from Latino and Hispanic moviegoers.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 23 July 2024
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Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
We have been blown away by his improvements in the last 48 hours.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
Early August 1990 saw Prince blowing away the crowd at a concert in Germany, while Cindy Crawford made a similar impact just by showing up to an even in New York City.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2024
What’s been habit-forming this summer is that several movies have been blowing away projections with big walk-up business from Latino and Hispanic moviegoers.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 23 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for blow away
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“Blow away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20away. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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