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

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

Examples of blow away in a Sentence

the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion

Recent Examples on the Web

Tolle set the tone early, blowing away Pirates leadoff hitter Jared Triolo with four straight fastballs for his first career strikeout. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2025

This blows away the daily record and ends up in second place ever for the month of August. —Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025

Even as someone who sniffed out the KPop Demon Hunters explosion fairly early, the soundtrack has blown away all of my prognostications. —Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025

For the most part, the second-quarter earnings season has blown away Wall Street expectations. —Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 21 Aug. 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