From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishblow somebody/something out of the waterblow somebody/something out of the waterto defeat someone or something that you are competing with, or to achieve much more than they do Motown had blown all the other record companies out of the water. → blow
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blow somebody/something out of the water• By then the Motown label had blown all the other record companies out of the water. 