blow away


verb(tr, adverb) slang, mainly US
  1. to kill (someone) by shooting

  2. to defeat decisively

Words Nearby blow away

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How to use blow away in a sentence

  • Dandelions are gone, except the whiteheads, and they would blow away before they got themselves settled in church, I am afraid.

  • She seems to draw me and draw me, and she wouldn't leave a single hair of me free to fall out and blow away—she'd keep it.

    Sons and Lovers | David Herbert Lawrence

Other Idioms and Phrases with blow away

blow away

Kill, especially by gunshot or explosion. For example, The unit reported that the whole village was blown away. This usage became particularly widespread in the 1960s, during the Vietnam War. [Slang; early 1990s]

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