blow someone out of the water
- blow someone out of the water
- blow (something/someone) out of the water
to destroy or defeat something or someone completely.
They came to court with fresh evidence that would, they said, blow the prosecution's case completely out of the water.
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blow someone out of the water — tv. to utterly destroy someone. (As a ship is blown up by a torpedo.) □ This is too much. I’m gonna blow that guy out of the water. □ How does it feel to be blown out of the water like that? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
blow someone out of the water — verb To trounce; to defeat someone thoroughly, at a game or in battle. With a garden hose, you can blow your opponent out of the water, if he only has a squirt gun … Wiktionary
blow something out of the water — blow (something/someone) out of the water to destroy or defeat something or someone completely. They came to court with fresh evidence that would, they said, blow the prosecution s case completely out of the water … New idioms dictionary
blow someone out of the water — … Useful english dictionary
blow out of the water — blow (something/someone) out of the water to destroy or defeat something or someone completely. They came to court with fresh evidence that would, they said, blow the prosecution s case completely out of the water … New idioms dictionary
blow out of the water — verb surprise greatly; knock someone s socks off I was floored when I heard that I was promoted • Syn: ↑shock, ↑floor, ↑ball over, ↑take aback • Derivationally related forms: ↑shock (f … Useful english dictionary
The Fish-Slapping Dance — is a popular Monty Python sketch that appears in Monty Python s Flying Circus .The sketch stars John Cleese and Michael Palin in safari outfits and pith helmets at the side of a canal lock (Teddington Lock in west London). Both are facing each… … Wikipedia
blow — blow1 W3S2 [bləu US blou] v past tense blew [blu:] past participle blown [ US bloun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(wind moving)¦ 2¦(wind moving something)¦ 3¦(air from your mouth)¦ 4¦(make a noise)¦ 5¦(violence)¦ 6¦(lose an opportunity)¦ 7¦(waste money)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
blow — I UK [bləʊ] / US [bloʊ] verb Word forms blow : present tense I/you/we/they blow he/she/it blows present participle blowing past tense blew UK [bluː] / US [blu] past participle blown UK [bləʊn] / US [bloʊn] *** 1) a) [intransitive] if wind or air… … English dictionary
blow — I. /bloʊ / (say bloh) noun 1. a sudden stroke with hand, fist, or weapon. 2. a sudden shock, or a calamity or reverse. 3. a sudden attack or drastic action. 4. a stroke of the shears made in shearing a sheep. 5. an outcrop of discoloured quartz… …