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knock out

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Verb

  1. To strike or render unconscious: To strike or bump (someone or something) out.
  2. To strike or render unconscious: To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head.
  3. To strike or render unconscious: To put to sleep.
  4. To strike or render unconscious: To fall asleep, especially suddenly.
  5. To strike or render unconscious: To exhaust.
  6. To strike or render unconscious: To impress, surpass or overwhelm (someone).
  7. To strike or render unconscious: To defeat or kill (someone).
  8. To strike or render unconscious: To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it.
  9. To strike or render unconscious: To eliminate from a contest or similar.
  10. To communicate (a message) by knocking.
  11. To complete, especially in haste; knock off.
  12. To lose the scent of hounds in fox-hunting.
  13. To leave college after hours—after half-past ten at night when the doors have been locked.
  14. To obtain or earn (something, often money or food).
  15. To sell.

Noun

  1. Alternative form of knockout.

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