Knock-out
61knock out — Australian Slang 1. overwhelm with success or attractiveness; 2. destroy; damage severely; 3. earn: He knocked out a living as a station hand ; 4. make; produce: Pete knocked out a few pots …
62knock\ out — v. phr. To make helpless, unworkable, or unusable. The champion knocked out the challenger in the third round. The soldier knocked out two enemy tanks with his bazooka …
63knock out — hit a person until he is unconscious, out cold You punched him very hard. You knocked him out …
64knock out — v To deeply impress. His report knocked them out. 1590s …
65knock out — vb British to sell or distribute. In this sense the phrase probably originates in illegal auctions where the apportioning of the (usually stolen) goods was accompanied by the rap of a gavel. The term is now typically used by or of street traders …
66knock out — make unconscious, unworkable or unusable The storm last night knocked out power in most of the town …
67knock out — Verb. To produce, supply or sell. E.g. He s been knocking out cheap sportswear on Stockport market …
68To knock out — Knock Knock (n[o^]k), v. t. 1. To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table. [1913 Webster] When …
69knock out of the box — verb a) To cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting. b) To cause something to be replaced by something else. Syn: oust See Also: out of the box …
70knock-out — A genetically engineered organism in which the genome has been altered by site directed recombination so that a gene is deleted …
