English Explanatory Dictionary

blow to kingdom come

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To totally destroy (something); to annihilate or wipe out (something).

Pronunciation

/ˈbləʊ tə ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkʌm/ /ˈbloʊ tə ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkʌm/ [-ɾə-] En-au-blow to kingdom come.ogg

Word forms

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Etymology

From blow (“to cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed”) + to + kingdom come (“place that one will go to after one’s death, afterlife; death; state of complete annihilation; heaven or paradise”). Kingdom come is derived from the phrase “Thy kingdom come” from the Lord’s Prayer which is recorded in Matthew 6:9–13 and Luke 11:2–4 in the Bible: see, for example, Matthew 6:10 in the King James Version (spelling modernized): “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth, as it is in heaven.” By these sentences, Jesus seeks the establishment of the rule of God the Father over the Earth in the future.

Related words

kill
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