blow something sky-high

blow something sky-high
informal
1) to completely spoil a situation or cause a lot of problems

If he speaks to the press, he'll blow this whole operation sky-high.

2) to completely destroy something in an explosion

Someone was threatening to blow the building sky-high.


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