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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In a letter to shareholders, Netflix revealed record growth of nearly 19 million subscribers, absolutely blowing away media analysts’ forecasts.
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Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
Two weeks after that selection, both SMU and Indiana were blown away by Penn State and Notre Dame, respectively.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
But in the end, Swept Away was blown away by something else: Middling ticket sales, a story that may have been unappetizing to some, a song catalog unfamiliar to the tourists who make up a large chunk of Broadway’s audience, and perhaps a bit of bad timing in terms of the national mood.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
Viewers on TikTok were blown away by the unusual scene in the viral video.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
Two weeks after that selection, both SMU and Indiana were blown away by Penn State and Notre Dame, respectively.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
But in the end, Swept Away was blown away by something else: Middling ticket sales, a story that may have been unappetizing to some, a song catalog unfamiliar to the tourists who make up a large chunk of Broadway’s audience, and perhaps a bit of bad timing in terms of the national mood.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
Viewers on TikTok were blown away by the unusual scene in the viral video.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Blow away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20away. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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