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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But the total is said to have blown away last year’s number.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Minoring in the transfer portal might have worked two years ago, but half measures now get blown away by programs who go all-in with player acquisition straight from the college ranks.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Damon also said he was blown away by the locations in which The Odyssey filmed, including Greece, Morocco, and Iceland.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
Sources said Netflix execs were blown away by the book and were able to secure it thanks to their creative partnership with Berg and his Film 44, which recently reupped its longtime first-look deal with Netflix.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Minoring in the transfer portal might have worked two years ago, but half measures now get blown away by programs who go all-in with player acquisition straight from the college ranks.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Damon also said he was blown away by the locations in which The Odyssey filmed, including Greece, Morocco, and Iceland.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
Sources said Netflix execs were blown away by the book and were able to secure it thanks to their creative partnership with Berg and his Film 44, which recently reupped its longtime first-look deal with Netflix.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Blow away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20away. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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