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boom goes the dynamite

boom goes the dynamite phrase: indicating that something spectacular has happened, particularly where a plan or an effort has successfully culminated.

Phrase

boom goes the dynamite

  1. Indicating that something spectacular has happened, particularly where a plan or an effort has successfully culminated.
    • Brown and Paden ride the Silverado chairway to heaven. And...boom goes the dynamite.2006 November, Susan Schnier, “The Bomb Squad: A day in the boots of Squaw Valley's snow-safety patrol”, in Skiing, page 126
    • "Fine, have it your way." ¶ And boom goes the dynamite! ¶ I had won the battle.2006, Bradley Myers, I Was a Teenage Dumpeal, page 161

Origin of boom goes the dynamite

Coined by Brian Collins, a college student from Ball State, during a collegiate basketball sportscast.

Questions about boom goes the dynamite

What does boom goes the dynamite mean?
Boom goes the dynamite means indicating that something spectacular has happened, particularly where a plan or an effort has successfully culminated.
What part of speech is boom goes the dynamite?
Boom goes the dynamite is a phrase.

Words near boom goes the dynamite in the dictionary

  1. boom cars
  2. boom corridor
  3. boom corridors
  4. boom gate
  5. boom gates
  6. boom goes the dynamite
  7. boom house
  8. boom houses
  9. boom off
  10. boom or bust
  11. boom path

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