# blow away

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/blow-away
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To kill (someone) by shooting them with a firearm.

## Examples

- The criminal threatened to blow away anyone who entered the room.
- In the tense final scene of the movie, the villain pulled his gun and threatened to blow away the detective.
- The desperate outlaw warned the sheriff that he would blow away the next person who dared to cross the threshold of the bank.

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