"blow the doors off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: blows the doors off [present, singular, third-person], blowing the doors off [participle, present], blew the doors off [past], blown the doors off [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|blow<,,blew,blown> the doors off}} blow the doors off (third-person singular simple present blows the doors off, present participle blowing the doors off, simple past blew the doors off, past participle blown the doors off)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To be much more important or impressive than. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Related terms: blow the doors open
    Sense id: en-blow_the_doors_off-en-verb-Lp9dp0zY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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