Blow-sky-high
Destroy by explosion, explode, as in Once the charge is set, get away fast or you’ll be blown sky-high. [ Early 1800s ]
Also see: under blow up
Refute completely, as in The lab report has blown your theory sky-high. [ Mid-1800s ]
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blow smoke To boast; brag; exaggerate: copssitting around drinking, blowing smoke, and kidding (1940s+) (also blow smoke up someone’s ass or blow heat) To mislead; confuse; deceive: Anybody who tells you different’s just blowing smoke up your ass (1940s+) To flatter; sweet-talk: Do you mean it, or are you just blowing smoke? (1940s+) To smoke […]
- Blow-someone-away
blow someone away To kill; assassinate; get rid of; off: and boom, Jack Blumenfeld gets blown away (1900s+) To defeat utterly; trounce; clobber: And they blew away some of the best long-distance runners in the world To overcome, often with admiration; fracture: I read the book and it blew me away/ The cow connection just […]
- Blow-someone-off
blow someone off
- Blow-someone-out
blow someone out
- Blow-someone-out-of-the-water
blow someone out of the water To defeat utterly; SHOOT someone DOWN IN FLAMES: Are you afraid of being blown out of the water?/ Bradlee ”blew him (Tavoulareas) out of the water” (1960s+) To astonish utterly; KNOCK one’s SOCKS OFF: These kids just blow you out of the water with the work they’ve done (1990s+)