- blow out someone
- blow out (someone)
to defeat someone completely.
Sometimes you play really badly and get blown out.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
Sometimes you play really badly and get blown out.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
blow out — (someone) to defeat someone completely. Sometimes you play really badly and get blown out … New idioms dictionary
blow-out — also blow|out especially AmE [ˈbləuaut US ˈblou ] n 1.) a sudden bursting of a tyre →↑puncture ▪ I had a blow out on the driver s side. 2.) [usually singular] informal a big expensive meal or large social occasion ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
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 phrasal — verb 1 (I, T) if you blow a flame or a fire out, or if it blows out, it stops burning: blow sth out: Blow out all the candles. | The match blew out before I could light the candles. 2 (I) if a tyre blows out, it bursts 3 (T) blow itself out if a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
blow out — phrasal verb Word forms blow out : present tense I/you/we/they blow out he/she/it blows out present participle blowing out past tense blew out past participle blown out 1) [intransitive/transitive] if you blow out a flame, or if it blows out, it… … English 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
blow out — Noun. An excessive spree of drinking, eating, spending or sex. Verb. To cancel an arranged meeting with someone, or an planned event, unreasonably or without due notification. E.g. I m going to blow out my brother s birthday party and go to that… … English slang and colloquialisms
blow out — vb 1a. to reject someone (especially a lover) or something. From the image of violently expelling something. 1b. to cancel, especially unexpectedly. In this sense the phrase applies typically to a pop group cancelling a tour or concert. 2. to… … Contemporary slang
blow — blow1 [blō] vi. blew, blown, blowing [ME blowen < OE blawan < IE * bhlē : see BLAST] 1. to move with some force: said of the wind or a current of air 2. to send forth air with or as with the mouth 3. to pant; be breathless … English World dictionary
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 … New idioms dictionary