blow somebody/something out of the waterto defeat someone or something that you are competing with, or to achieve much more than they do 把某人/某物打得落花流水;把…彻底比下去 Motown had blown all the other record companies out of the water. 摩城唱片公司把其他所有的唱片公司都打得落花流水。
blow somebody/something out of the water• By then the Motown label had blown all the other record companies out of the water.
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