blow away

verb

blew away; blown away; blowing away; blows away

transitive verb

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

Synonyms of blow away

• overcome
• bomb
• bury
• upset
• snow under
• whip
• throw
• master
• skin
• cream
• beat
• trim
• beat the pants off
• smoke
• run circles around
• dust
• rout
• annihilate
• paste
• flatten
• eat alive
• top
• wipe the floor with
• smother
• overwhelm
• take

Examples of blow away in a Sentence

the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion

Recent Examples on the Web

But there are contrarians everywhere on social media, and some thought the catch should not have counted (although most folks were blown away by the play). —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Nov. 2025

If using outdoors, be sure to secure your bounce house to the ground with stakes to prevent it from blowing away in the wind. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025

The staff here, they were blown away by it. —Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2025

Hair Dryer Set your hair dryer on its lowest heat setting and blow away the dust. —Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for blow away

• aaa
• adonais
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• baa
• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway