Idiom
blow a hole through
Meaning
To destroy the integrity or cohesion of.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The new evidence blows a hole through his story.”
“The sudden discovery of hidden debt blew a hole through the company's financial plan for the year.”
“The investigative report blew a hole through the politician's carefully constructed image, revealing years of corruption that the public had never suspected.”
Examples
simple
“The new evidence blows a hole through his story.”
contextual
“The sudden discovery of hidden debt blew a hole through the company's financial plan for the year.”
complex
“The investigative report blew a hole through the politician's carefully constructed image, revealing years of corruption that the public had never suspected.”
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