─. blow (someone or something) out of the water:
1. To totally defeat or ruin someone or something. The image refers to the explosion of a ship that has been hit by enemy fire.
- The final score was 17-1? Wow, we really blew that team out of the water!
- I planned to be productive today, but a sudden emergency blew that idea out of the water.
- The show of support from everyone just blew me out of the water.
- The movie really blew me out of the water─I didn't expect it to be so good!
─. Fig. To destroy utterly someone or something, such as a plan. (Alludes to a torpedo or other weapon striking a ship and causing a great explosion that makes pieces of the ship fly out of the water.)
- I will blow him out of the water if he shows up around here.
- The boss blew the whole idea out of the water.
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