blow you out of the water

blow you out of the water
blow (you) out of the water 1. to completely surprise you.

Her singing blew me out of the water — I haven't heard anyone sing like that since Sarah Vaughn.

2. to defeat or completely confuse you.

We were blown out of the water by that team — they didn't make one mistake the whole game!

Those directions blew us out of the water. We couldn't follow them at all.


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