blowing the roof off

Verb

blow the roof off (third-person singular simple present blows the roof off, present participle blowing the roof off, simple past blew the roof off, past participle blown the roof off)

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.2017, Budd Friedman, Tripp Whetsell, The Improv
2. To completely upset or excite people, generating a huge reaction.
   • "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."1821, Walter Scott, Kenilworth
3. 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."1987, Bric-a-brac, page 113
4. To react violently; to throw a fit.
   • Mr. McGeer: You do not need to blow the roof off.1944, Journals of the House of Commons of Canada - Volume 84, page 1168
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.”1990, Canada. Parliament. Senate, Debates of the Senate: Official Report (Hansard), page 3627
6. To be extremely loud.
   • The volume of the yelling, screaming noise was certain to blow the roof off the stadium !1982, Harry Kessler, Alma Kessler, Robert A. Suhosky, The Millionaire Referee, page 218

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