English
blow away
Verb

blow away

  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see blow, away
  2. (transitive) To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind.
    He blew away the dust which had collected on the book.
    • 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
      Perhaps as startling as the sheer toll was the devastation to some of the state’s well-known locales. Boardwalks along the beach in Seaside Heights, Belmar and other towns on the Jersey Shore were blown away. Amusement parks, arcades and restaurants all but vanished. Bridges to barrier islands buckled, preventing residents from even inspecting the damage to their property.
  3. (intransitive) To disperse or to depart on currents of air.
    I didn't have to rake. The leaves just blew away.
  4. (transitive, idiomatic) To kill (someone) by shooting them.
    The kid just blew the clerk away.
  5. (transitive, idiomatic, US) To flabbergast; to impress greatly.
    The critics were blown away by their latest album.
  6. (transitive) To overwhelm.
  7. (transitive) To cause to go away, to get rid of
  8. (transitive, computing, informal) To delete (data, files, etc.).
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