to blow out of the water
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- idiom
- Informal
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- When they revealed their latest product, it blew everyone out of the water with its advanced features.
- get blown out of the water
- just blew out of the water
But the both of them just blew us out of the water consistently.
- But the both of them just blew us out of the water consistently.
- These blow these out of the water by a long shot.
- Your crypto may blow Bitcoin and Ethereum out of the water.
- He has blown the his opponents out of the water so far.
- Any idea that I had has been sort of blown out of the water by what other people have created and thought.
- My friendship, my loyalty would say no, but you've just been blown out of the water son and I don't see any way that you're going to compete.
- What for what was there anything in there that was like really something that like blew your worldview out of the water or like really shocked you?
- Or does the testosterone and the and the steroid stuff basically completely blow that shit out of the water?
- But when you look at the nutritional profile in terms of actual nutrients, beef blows most other meat out of the water.
- Imagine what's going to be going on at these schools with this breed of power moms, which blows us out of the water, right?
- It is entirely possible that China is just in the dump and the United States is going to blow us out of the water.
- I said to me, listen, if John did fight you and he and you beat John, his reputation has kind of been blown out of the water.
- So Harry Dexter White was blown out of the water and the Chinese became officially bad.
Examples
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But with the new Android OS coming around the corner, it could blow the iPhone out of the water.
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His hard work has blown me out of the water.
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Any idea that I had has been sort of blown out of the water by what other people have created and thought.
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Their performance at Live Aid blew everyone else out of the water.
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But what happened was the site, the designs on the site just totally blew them out of the water, right?
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Again, beef liver blows kale out of the water, leaves it crying in the dust.
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Small-business owners have to be ready for anything, be it a change in your personal financial situation or an outside trend that blows you out of the water.
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But, oh man, Chloe blew my expectations out of the water, and her writing literally demanded that I put this author on my auto-buy list.
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But then Marissa Mayer blew everyone out of the water when it was announced that she would be the new CEO of Yahoo.
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The team's innovative strategy completely blew their competition out of the water in the final match.
Synonyms
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2.1
To cause someone to feel sudden surprise and distress
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6.2
To surprise someone a lot and make them feel excited
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4.0
Defeat someone or something completely using greater force
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4.2
To surprise someone so much that they do not know what to say
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6.6
To surprise someone so much they cannot react
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6.0
To beat someone or something completely by a lot
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8.1
To surprise someone suddenly and very strongly
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8.0
To feel a sudden strong shock or surprise
To suddenly feel a very strong emotion that you cannot control
To make someone feel very surprised
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
blow + out + of + the + water
The literal meanings of 'blow', 'out' and 'water' evoke a forceful physical action, so learners may sense a strong or destructive sense, but the specific idiomatic meaning 'defeat/overwhelm decisively' is a metaphorical extension not directly derivable from the parts. Because the connection relies on metaphorical imagery rather than straightforward composition, a B1 learner who knows the words is unlikely to predict the exact sense without prior exposure.
Etymology
The idiom blow out of the water may come from old sea battles where a very strong cannon shot would blow a ship right out of the water, destroying it so it could not fight. So, the phrase now means 'to surprise or defeat someone completely'.