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

Then the Hawks were blown away by New Orleans offering an unprotected first-round pick in 2026 to move up to No. 13 for Maryland big man Derik Queen. —Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 11 July 2025

All three of us read the script for Reservoir Dogs, and I was blown away by it. —Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025

Just ask Tom Hiddleston and his wife Zawe Ashton, who, judging by this picture, were completely blown away by the game. —Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 8 July 2025

Don’t Buy a Trampoline Trampolines are likely to blow away in the wind and can only be used in certain types of weather. —Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 7 July 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