blow someone or something out of the water
- blow someone or something out of the water
blow someone or something out of the water
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.
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The boss blew the whole idea out of the water.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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