blow someone's mind

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blow 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)

1. (idiomatic) To astonish someone; to flabbergast someone.
   • 1966, Donovan (lyrics and music), “Sunshine Superman”:

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

   • 1974, Barry White (lyrics and music), “Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe”:

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

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

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

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (slang) To shoot someone in the head.

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