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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More than 10 years after Smash was cancelled, Katharine McPhee is still blown away by Megan Hilty's performances.
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
He was blown away, and finally agreed to be part of it.
—Denise Quan, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Taylor Swift was blown away as thousands of fans without tickets gathered outside of a stadium in Munich to hear her play.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Glamour senior commerce editor Jenifer Calle reviewed it firsthand, and spoiler alert: She was blown away (pun intended).
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
He was blown away, and finally agreed to be part of it.
—Denise Quan, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Taylor Swift was blown away as thousands of fans without tickets gathered outside of a stadium in Munich to hear her play.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Glamour senior commerce editor Jenifer Calle reviewed it firsthand, and spoiler alert: She was blown away (pun intended).
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Blow away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20away. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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