knock out

knock out
1) PHRASAL VERB To knock someone out means to cause them to become unconscious or to go to sleep.

[V n P] He was arguing with his girlfriend and she hit him with a frying pan! Nearly knocked him out...

[V n P] The three drinks knocked him out...

[V n P] He had never been knocked out in a professional fight. [Also V P n (not pron)]

2) PHRASAL VERB If a person or team is knocked out of a competition, they are defeated in a game, so that they take no more part in the competition.
See also knockout

[be V-ed P] Henri Leconte has been knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Geneva Open...

[V n P of n] The Irish came so close to knocking England out of the European Championships. [Also V P n]

3) PHRASAL VERB If something is knocked out by enemy action or bad weather, it is destroyed or stops functioning because of it.

[V P n (not pron)] Our bombers have knocked out the mobile launchers...

[V P n (not pron)] A storm has made roads treacherous and knocked out power.


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  • Knock-out — a. That knocks out; characterized by knocking out; as, a knock out blow; a knock out key for knocking out a drill from a collet. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • knock out — / nɒkaʊt/, it. /nɔ kaut/ locuz. ingl. [abbrev. di knock out of time abbattere fuori del tempo ], usata in ital. come avv. e s.m. ■ avv. [in condizione di non poter proseguire un combattimento (spec. nel pugilato), anche fig.: finire knock out ]… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • knock-out — auch: knock|out 〈[nɔkaʊt] Adj.; Abk.: k. o.; Sport; Boxen〉 niedergeschlagen, kampfunfähig; den Gegner knock out schlagen [Etym.: <engl. knocked out »entscheidend besiegt, herausgeschlagen« (in Anlehnung an das Substantiv gebildet)] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • Knock-Out — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Le Knockout en boxe ou en sport de combat est la mise hors de combat d un adversaire. Le Knockout en biologie est l inactivation d un gène par… …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • knock-out — knock out, auch knock|out [nɔk |aut] <zu engl. to knock out »herausschlagen«> kampfunfähig nach einem Niederschlag; Abk.: k. o. (Boxen) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • knock|out — «NOK OWT», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the act of knocking out: »The boxer won the fight by a knockout. 2. the condition of being knocked out. 3. a blow that knocks out. 4. U.S. Slang. a very attractive person; overwhelming or striking thing. –adj.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Knock-out — Knock out, auch Knock|out der; [s], s: Kampfunfähigkeit bewirkender Niederschlag; Abk.: K. o. (Boxen) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • knock out — ► knock out 1) make unconscious. 2) informal astonish or greatly impress. 3) eliminate from a knockout competition. 4) informal produce (work) at a steady fast rate. Main Entry: ↑knock …   English terms dictionary

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