blow out of the water

blow out of the water
verb
surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
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I was floored when I heard that I was promoted

Syn: ↑shock, ↑floor, ↑ball over, ↑take aback
Derivationally related forms: ↑shock (for: ↑shock)
Hypernyms: ↑surprise
Hyponyms: ↑startle, ↑galvanize, ↑galvanise
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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The bad news will blow out of the water him

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The good news will blow out of the water her

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phrasal
: to show to be incorrect or inferior

wanted to blow the old truths out of the water


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • blow something out of the water — blow (something/someone) out of the water to destroy or defeat something or someone completely. They came to court with fresh evidence that would, they said, blow the prosecution s case completely out of the water …   New idioms dictionary

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  • blow someone out of the water — tv. to utterly destroy someone. (As a ship is blown up by a torpedo.) □ This is too much. I’m gonna blow that guy out of the water. □ How does it feel to be blown out of the water like that? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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