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
Examples of blow away in a Sentence
the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion
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The transition from the Jurgen Klopp era proved to be smoother than anyone anticipated as the Dutchman led the club to their 20th top-flight league title, blowing away his rivals with a 26-game unbeaten league run.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Videos taken by a health official at Al-Awda Hospital show walls blown away and thick black smoke billowing from wreckage.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Profar turbocharged Mike Shildt’s chess game as part of a season that blew away his career averages.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
The transition from the Jurgen Klopp era proved to be smoother than anyone anticipated as the Dutchman led the club to their 20th top-flight league title, blowing away his rivals with a 26-game unbeaten league run.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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“Blow away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20away. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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