blow the roof off
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To give a great performance that causes the audience to go wild with enthusiasm.
verb
To completely upset or excite people, generating a huge reaction.
verb
To react with great excitement; to go wild.
verb
To react violently; to throw a fit.
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, roof, off.
Example Sentences
- "I gotta tell you, you blew the roof off. You see that girl over there? She was just raving about your performance."
- "The lights went down. And we blew the roof off the place."
- "It was the most beautiful concert hall I had ever seen. It seated 1,000 people and had very sensitive acoustics, so when we hit the stage we blew the roof off the mother."
- "The captain’s pullback found McTominay arriving in support to finish past Kepa Arrizabalaga via a nick off Inigo Martinez and blow the roof off the national stadium."
- "McTominay produced an acrobatic volley that simply took your breath away - and blew the roof off Hampden."
- ""Thou wilt win no more Hollands, I think, on such wager, friend Mike," said the mercer; "for the sulky swain, Tony Foster, rails at thee all to nought, and swears you shall ne'er darken his doors again, for that your oaths are enough to blow the roof off a Christian man's dwelling.""