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blow away verb- to kill someone, usually with a gun US, 1913
- — H. Craig Collins, Street Gangs, p. 222, 1979
- He should have just taken a dollar out of the wallet, given it to Joe the Grinder, and walked out, instead of blowing her away like he did. — Gerald Petievich, Money Men, p. 120, 1981
- That’s what he has workers for, to blow people away for nothing. — Richard Condon, Prizzi’s Honor, p. 223, 1982
- I said, “Okay, I’ll give you three seconds.” By the time he started to reach in his pocket I was at three and it was too late. So I blew him away. — Elmore Leonard, Killshot, p. 22, 1989
- Not only blow you away, but suffer absolutely no come-back for it whatsoever — Danny King, The Burglar Diaries, p. 206, 2001
- to impress or astonish someone; hence, to be impressed or astonished US, 1975
- [James] Brown blew me away. The footwork, the precision, the beat ... and all that screaming. — Jay Saporita [quoting Billy Joel], Pourin’ It All Out, p. 25, 1980
- [B]lown away by the guitar/bass/organ combination — Barney Hoskyns, Waiting For The Sun, p. 191, 1996
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