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 June and September the ash blew away from Anchorage.
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Stellar energy hitting the disk can ionize the gas inside of it, blowing away the gas.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
This blows away expectations for the deal, in terms of both volume and pricing, and leaves creditors with only around $1.3 billion of their $12.5 billion outlay.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
Sheep and other types of farming quickly degrade the soil, and high winds in the area then blow away much of what’s left.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Stellar energy hitting the disk can ionize the gas inside of it, blowing away the gas.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
This blows away expectations for the deal, in terms of both volume and pricing, and leaves creditors with only around $1.3 billion of their $12.5 billion outlay.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
Sheep and other types of farming quickly degrade the soil, and high winds in the area then blow away much of what’s left.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Blow away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20away. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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