blow away

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === blow away (third-person singular simple present blows away, present participle blowing away, simple past blew away, past participle blown away) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow,‎ away. (transitive) To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind. (intransitive) To disperse or to depart on currents of air. (intransitive, figurative) To leave, depart. (transitive, idiomatic) To kill (someone) by shooting them with a firearm. (transitive, idiomatic, by extension) To utterly destroy, especially with overwhelming force. (transitive, idiomatic, US) To flabbergast; to impress greatly. (transitive) To overwhelm. (transitive) To cause to go away; to get rid of. (transitive, computing, informal) To delete (data, files, etc.). ==== Derived terms ==== dry up and blow away ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “blow away”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.