knock into a cocked hat

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• knock into a cocked hat — If you knock something or someone into a cocked hat, you are much better …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• knock into a cocked hat — phrasal 1. a. : to utterly demolish : ruin knocked all our plans into a cocked hat threatened to knock the industry into a cocked hat …   Useful english dictionary

• Knock into a cocked hat — destroy or overcome something completely …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• knock into a cocked hat — Australian Slang destroy or overcome something completely …   English dialects glossary

• knock into a cocked hat —  Defeat. Damage. Be very superior to …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• knock something into a cocked hat — knock someone/something/into a cocked hat british phrase to be much better than someone or something Thesaurus: to be the best or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• knock somebody into a cocked hat — knock sb/sth into a cocked ˈhat idiom (old fashioned, BrE) to be very much better than sb/sth • She knocks the rest of the cast into a cocked hat. Main entry: ↑knockidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• knock someone into a cocked hat — knock someone/something/into a cocked hat british phrase to be much better than someone or something Thesaurus: to be the best or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• knock something into a cocked hat — tv. o demolish a plan, a story, etc. □ I knocked his plans into a cocked hat. □ You’ve knocked everything into a cocked hat …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• knock something into a cocked hat — utterly defeat or outdo something. → cocked hat …   English new terms dictionary

• cocked hat — n. 1. a three cornered hat with a turned up brim 2. a hat pointed in front and in back and with the crown rising to a point knock into a cocked hat Slang to damage or spoil completely …   English World dictionary