as in to overcome
to defeat by a large margin
the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion
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Recent Examples of blow away
Even as someone who sniffed out the KPop Demon Hunters explosion fairly early, the soundtrack has blown away all of my prognostications.
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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
And so, we were so blown away by the Six Feet Under finale.
—Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2025
If a tropical storm or hurricane is on the way, bring in your porch cushions and anything else that is liable to blow away or break.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
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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
And so, we were so blown away by the Six Feet Under finale.
—Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2025
If a tropical storm or hurricane is on the way, bring in your porch cushions and anything else that is liable to blow away or break.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blow away
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Outperforming some of them on the pitch is one thing, but Newcastle cannot yet overcome the off-field strength of the ‘Big Six’.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Part of the presentation focused on helping people overcome their fear of being ostracized for having plants seen as too wild.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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For the first time, Israel launched an airstrike in Qatar, bombing a building in Doha that houses Hamas political leadership.—
Greg Dixon,
NPR,
9 Sep. 2025
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Israel has also regularly bombed the south.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Nearly 20 minutes after his final pitch, Scott sat with his head buried in his locker.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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As in the crowded Arsenale itself, anything more radical to be found in the pavilion is buried under dioramas and walls of texts.—
Kate Wagner,
Curbed,
5 Sep. 2025
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His best friend’s little sister sets out to whip him back into shape.—
Tessa Bailey,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Boaters were the last to be warned to watch the sky as a line of wind-whipping storms pushed out to sea.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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While much of last season was a lost cause due to Tua Tagovailoa being injured, the Dolphins still aren't throwing the ball downfield.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Or, take after Aniston by throwing them on with flip-flops and a basic T-shirt.—
Averi Baudler,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Operating at the Frontier If yesterday’s winners mastered the deal model, tomorrow’s winners will master integration, culture, and execution.—
Gustaf Lundberg Toresson,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Within the first two hours online, high-level fighting players had already seemingly mastered the game’s beginner-friendly systems and begun using the easily executable combos to dominate the scene, air juggling hapless newbies into oblivion.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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My buddies hang skinned, whole deer in a walk-in cooler for up to two weeks before butchering.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
28 Aug. 2025
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This indicates the victims were skinned, the flesh removed, the bodies disarticulated, and then cooked and eaten.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
21 Aug. 2025
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Until now, the only intervention has been antibiotics, which in turn upset the koala's delicate digestive tract – one fine-tuned to solely eat eucalyptus leaves.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Sep. 2025
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This upset many people, like Greg Clem, who has lived on Timberline since 2016.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Blow away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blow%20away. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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