blast away

blast away

1. To be extremely loud. If grandma's TV is blasting away, gently remind her to put in her hearing aids.
2. To vehemently criticize someone or something. The senator's disgusted constituents blasted away at him during the town hall meeting.
See also: away, blast
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • do (someone) a good turn
  • do somebody a good turn
  • drag (someone) kicking and screaming
  • drag someone kicking and screaming
  • put a cork in it
  • Put a cork in it!
  • slam (someone or something) down on(to) (something)
  • have (one's) heart (dead) set against (something)
  • have heart set against
  • put on the feed bag
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The explosion blast away a sign board at a nearby bus stop and damaged many cars.
Seven Died, 31 Injured in NW China Explosion
Simply attach to your garden hose to blast away dirt and grime from patios and driveways, gutters and steps.
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SOUL and funk will blast away the cobwebs as a defunct cinema becomes the newest live music venue.
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THE massive lake caused by the Chinese earthquake was still rising last night despite military efforts to blast away the wall of debris that made it.
world ROUND-UP: Lake still rising
In winter, alpine gales blast away dried-up plants and any hitchhikers.
New butterfly: high-alpine species from low-life parents
Hot water will blast away grime, sludge and food particles from production and filling machinery, conveyors, loading docks, buildings and grounds.
Two cleaners in one
Tony Blair used a high-pressure hose to blast away graffiti from a wall yesterday - watched by some of the youths suspected of being responsible for the vandalism The Prime Minister was visiting the community of Toothill in west Swindon, Wiltshire, when he took control of the hose for the benefit of news cameras.
PM vows to clean up Britain's act but it just won't wash with some onlookers
Invest in a pressure washer to blast away dirt fromsurfaces such as patios -it's therapeutic as well as easy.
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These intercepts had been going on for some time, but lately the Chinese had been much more aggressive--regularly coming within 50 feet of the EP-3Es before the J-8 pilot would blast away, rocking the much slower Navy planes with jet wash.
Lt. Shane Osborn: looking at a miracle
To be fair, the price includes access to on-site attractions like tanks of live sharks, jellyfish and stingrays; an exhibit of props and sketches from the film; and Atlantean Lazertag, in which kids blast away at each other in a glow-in-the-dark maze.
El Capitan prices fit for a prince
The company's RDS-500-CUB dry ice blast cleaning system, described in a four-page, color brochure, uses non-toxic, non-hazardous dry ice pellets in a high velocity air flow to blast away unwanted surface materials.
Literature
* "Blast, create, refine" - blast away old concepts of function, create new ways to perform that function, and then improve on them.
Value analysis/engineering cuts costs by weighing alternatives
BLAST away at some aliens as Lads' Lounge prepares for a fright night Halloween.
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Flower and Tatenda Taibu can shore up the tourists' innings, while the likes of Brendan Taylor, Hamilton Masakadza and Elton Chigumbura blast away.
Flower can blossom in Bloemfontein; CRICKET
The range, which is for everyday use, includes a Sensitive Intensive Daily Moisturiser with SPF 15 to protect the skin from harmful sun rays, and a Sensitive Cleansing Scrub designed to blast away dirt, dead cells and excess oils.
TLC for skin