knock out
knock
nɑ:k
naak
out
aƊt
awt
/nˈɒk ˈaʊt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "knock out"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to knock out
[phrase form: knock]
01

āĻ…āĻšā§‡āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻ•āφāωāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone or something unconscious
Transitive: to knock out sb/sth
to knock out definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sudden impact of the car crash could knock out the driver.
āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻšā§‡āϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
1.1

āύāĻ•āφāωāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻšā§‡āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to defeat an opponent in boxing by making them fall unconscious or unable to get up
Transitive: to knock out an opponent
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He trained hard to improve his punching skills and increase his chances of knocking out his opponent.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϘ⧁āώāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇ āύāĻ•āφāωāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻžāϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to defeat someone or a group decisively in a competition
Transitive: to knock out a competitor
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She knocked out the competition with her innovative design.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύ⧀ āύāĻ•āĻļāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻ•āφāωāϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to forcefully destroy or break something
Transitive: to knock out sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The car accident was so severe that it knocked out the entire front end of the vehicle.
āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻāϤāϟāĻžāχ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to empty, typically referring to the removal of tobacco from a container
Transitive: to knock out tobacco or ash
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The process of knocking out the used tobacco from the hookah was a bit messy.
āĻšā§āĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āϤāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ• āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ…āĻ—ā§‹āĻ›āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻļā§āϚāĻ°ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to amaze someone to the point where they are filled with admiration or wonder
Transitive: to knock out sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her stunning performance on stage really knocked the audience out.
āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ—ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to finish a task, often quickly and efficiently
Transitive: to knock out a task
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He managed to knock out all the paperwork in record time.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāύāĨ¤
07

āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āύāĻ• āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧋, āϕ⧋āĻĄā§‡āĻĄ āύāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋

to convey a message by making specific knocking sounds or patterns
Transitive: to knock out a message
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the spy movie, the agent knocked out a secret message on the door.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχ āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧇, āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
08

āĻ…āĻšā§‡āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϘ⧁āĻŽ āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to cause someone to fall asleep
Transitive: to knock out sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sleeping pills will knock me out in no time.
āϘ⧁āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻšā§‡āϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
09

āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§‹ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāϟāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to remove something, often swiftly and completely
Transitive: to knock out sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He knocked the virus out with a powerful antivirus program.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāχāϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāχāϰāĻžāϏāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻ• āφāωāϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
to knock oneself out
01

to exert a great deal of effort or energy

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She decided to knock herself out and finish the project before the deadline.
knock yourself out
01

used to say that someone can do as they please

Dialectamerican flagAmerican
knock yourself out definition and meaning
Idiom
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
If you enjoy dancing, the dance floor is open, so go ahead and knock yourself out.
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