blow someone away

blow someone away

1. To kill; assassinate; get rid of; off: and boom, Jack Blumenfeld gets blown away (1900s+)
2. To defeat utterly; trounce; clobber: And they blew away some of the best long-distance runners in the world
3. To overcome, often with admiration; fracture: I read the book and it blew me away/ The cow connection just blew us away