blow your/somebody's brains out

blow (one's) brains out

slang To fatally shoot someone or oneself in the head. Ray blew the informant's brains out, just as the boss told him to. Geez, this class is boring enough to make me want to blow my brains out. I did hire someone to blow that guy's brains out, but there was a scuffle, and he was able to get away.
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blow someone's brains out

Sl. to kill someone with a gun. Careful with that gun, or you'll blow your brains out. Max was so depressed that he wanted to blow out his brains.
See also: blow, brain, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

blow your/somebody’s ˈbrains out

(informal) kill yourself/somebody by shooting in the head: He was so depressed about his debts that he wanted to blow his brains out.
See also: blow, brain, out
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