blow the roof off

verb7

1. •
   To give a great performance that causes the audience to go wild with enthusiasm.

   • I gotta tell you, you blew the roof off. You see that girl over there? She was just raving about your performance. — 2017
2. •
   To completely upset or excite people, generating a huge reaction.

   • On Harriman: "His main effort is aimed at using civil rights as an explosive issue to blow the roof off convention hall. — 1956
3. •
   To react with great excitement; to go wild.

   • Rogerson told co-captains Kevin Armstrong and Ned Elton to "say whatever you want, just make sure they're so fired up tomorrow they blow the roof off the locker room." — 1987
4. •
   To be extremely loud.

   • The volume of the yelling, screaming noise was certain to blow the roof off the stadium ! — 1982
5. •
   To react violently; to throw a fit.

   • Mr. McGeer: You do not need to blow the roof off. — 1944
6. •
   To exceed a record by a very large margin.

   • You two blew the roof off of the correspondence average long before you blew the roof from the galactic averages. — 2013
7. •
   To violently disrupt.

   • As Father Jimmy Tompkins, one of Father Coady's associates once pointed out, "...the little people together is a giant. You've got to give them ideas, then they'll blow the roof off.” — 1990