blow away

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blow away (third-person singular simple present blows away, present participle blowing away, simple past blew away, past participle blown away)

  1. Used other than as an idiom: see blow,‎ away.
  2. (transitive) To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind.
    He blew away the dust which had collected on the book.
      Perhaps as startling as the sheer toll was the devastation to some of the state’s well-known locales. Boardwalks along the beach in Seaside Heights, Belmar and other towns on the Jersey Shore were blown away. Amusement parks, arcades and restaurants all but vanished. Bridges to barrier islands buckled, preventing residents from even inspecting the damage to their property.
  3. (intransitive) To disperse or to depart on currents of air.
    I didn't have to rake. The leaves just blew away.
  4. (transitive, idiomatic) To kill (someone) by shooting them.
    The kid just blew the clerk away.
  5. (transitive, idiomatic, US) To flabbergast; to impress greatly.
    The critics were blown away by their latest album.
  6. (transitive) To overwhelm.
    • 2011 February 5, Paul Fletcher, “Newcastle 4 - 4 Arsenal”, BBC:
  7. (transitive) To cause to go away, to get rid of
  8. (transitive, computing, informal) To delete (data, files, etc.).


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