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blow somebody/something out of the water = καταρρίπτω | κατατροπώνω | καταπλήσσω

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Το πρώτο λεξικό που κοίταξα (ODE) είχε τη μία σημασία (καταρρίπτω), το άλλο (Longman) την άλλη (κατατροπώνω), το τρίτο (Macmillan) είχε και τις δύο αλλά κανένα απ' αυτά δεν είχε την τρίτη (καταπλήσσω).

be blown out of the water Be shown to lack all credibility:
the idea that inflation would not affect jobs was naive and has now been blown out of the water
This is a proposal that's going to get blown out of the water.
If they come back with the same treaty they will be blown out of the water.
This attitude of doctor knows best has been blown out of the water because we have discovered they didn't know best.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/blow?q=blow

blow somebody/something out of the water to 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.
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/blow_1

blow someone/something out of the water
informal
1 to show that something is completely false or wrong:
We found evidence that blew his case out of the water.
2 to defeat someone easily:
They think they can blow their rivals out of the water with this product.
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/blow


blow someone out of the water
(American) to completely surprise someone
Her singing blew me out of the water - I haven't heard anyone sing like that since Sarah Vaughn.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/blow+out+of+the+water

1. καταρρίπτω, ανατρέπω
2. κατατροπώνω, νικώ κατά κράτος
3. καταπλήσσω
 
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