blow someone's mind

verb

To astonish someone; to flabbergast someone.

Meanings

verbblow someone's mind (third-person singular simple present blows someone's mind, present participle blowing someone's mind, simple past blew someone's mind, past participle blown someone's mind)

present singular third person blows someone's mind · participle present blowing someone's mind · past blew someone's mind · participle past blown someone's mind

  1. idiomaticTo astonish someone; to flabbergast someone.

    Still I keep loving you / More and more each time / Girl, what am I gonna do / Because you blow my mind

    1974, Barry White, “Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe”
    3 more examples

    I'll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind / Cause I made my mind up you're going to be mine

    1966, Donovan, “Sunshine Superman”

    Powers are for the weak. I have no powers. I mean, unless you count the power to blow minds with my weapons-grade philosophical insights.

    2007, Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 1 (black comedy, surreal comedy), spoken by Xavier (Vernon Chatman)

    We brought him out of retirement. He is awesome. He's a slow-talking Texan, and he will blow people's minds.

    2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 53

Translations

Finnish sekoittaa jonkun pää
  • sekoittaa jonkun pääto astonish
French estomaquer, époustoufler
  • estomaquerto astonish
  • époustouflerto astonish
  • soufflerto astonish
  • stupéfierto astonish
Hungarian elképeszt
  • elképesztto astonish
Polish zadziwiać, zadziwić
  • zadziwiaćto astonish
  • zadziwićto astonish
  • szokowaćto astonish
  • zszokowaćto astonish
Spanish dejar alucinando/alucinado/boquiabierto, maravillar
  • dejar alucinando/alucinado/boquiabiertoto astonish
  • maravillarto astonish
  • epatarto astonish
Swedish få någon att tappa hakan, få någon och tappa hakan
  • få någon att tappa hakanto astonish
  • få någon och tappa hakanto astonish
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APA

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Chicago

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