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blow someone out

Sl. to kill someone, especially with gunshots. (Fixed order.) Lefty set out to blow Max out once and for all. Lefty wanted to blow Max out too.

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blow something out

to extinguish a flame with a puff of breath. I blew the candle out. I blew out the candles one by one.

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blow out somebody also blow somebody out

to defeat someone completely Sometimes you play really badly and get blown out.

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blow out something also blow something out

to make something stop working I turned on my new television and blew out the picture tube.

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