blow the roof off

Definitions

1. 1

   To give a great performance that causes the audience to go wild with enthusiasm.

   • 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.
2. 2

   To completely upset or excite people, generating a huge reaction.

   • On Harriman: "His main effort is aimed at using civil rights as an explosive issue to blow the roof off convention hall.
   • "Make that piece good," he said. "Blow the roof off."
3. 3

   To react with great excitement

   To react with great excitement; to go wild.

   • Rogerson told co-captains Kevin Armstrong and Ned Elton to "say whatever you want, just make sure they're so fired up tomorrow they blow the roof off the locker room."
   • “Let's get ready for the most dangerous sport in rodeo,” the announcer yelled over the PA system and the crowd almost blew the roof off the arena yellin' and stompin' their feet.
   • And the fans blew the roof off. They leaped the wall, slid down the dugout roofs, overran the cops, flooded in from the outfield bleachers, threw hats and scorecards into the air.
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   1. 4

      To react violently

      To react violently; to throw a fit.

      • Mr. McGeer: You do not need to blow the roof off.
      • Like any editor, he likes facts put down simply, accurately, with initials, names, and dates, and will blow the roof off if he has to miss a good story because of any omissions.
      • She fucking blew the roof off with her bitching about you and Jacks.
   2. 5

      To violently disrupt.

      • As Father Jimmy Tompkins, one of Father Coady's associates once pointed out, "...the little people together is a giant. You've got to give them ideas, then they'll blow the roof off.”
      • We decided to blow the roof off the situation in order to bring about a more civilized market.
   3. 6

      To be extremely loud.

      • The volume of the yelling, screaming noise was certain to blow the roof off the stadium !
      • Sound cards come with all computers right now, and the one in your computer will probably do the job for you unless you're a hard-core gamer looking to blow the roof off with your sound effects.
   4. 7

      To exceed a record by a very large margin.

      • You two blew the roof off of the correspondence average long before you blew the roof from the galactic averages.
   5. 8

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, roof, off.

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