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1 ■ knock out
■ knock outv. t. + avv.1 far uscire, togliere, far saltare via ( con un colpo): to knock the ashes out of one's pipe, scuotere la cenere dalla pipa (battendola contro qc.); The rock nearly knocked his tooth out, per poco la pietra non gli fece cadere un dente; I knocked the knife out of his hand, gli feci saltar via il coltello di mano2 far perdere i sensi a; stordire; mettere a tappeto (fam.); anestetizzare6 eliminare; distruggere; mettere fuori uso (o fuori combattimento); fare fuori (fam.): (mil.) to knock out the enemy sentries [guns], eliminare le sentinelle [ridurre al silenzio i cannoni] del nemico7 (fam.) stancare a morte; sfiancare; stremare: to knock oneself out with work, sfiancarsi (o ammazzarsi) di lavoro8 (fam.) sbalordire; lasciare di stucco9 (mus.) strimpellare10 (fam.) fare, scrivere, ecc., alla svelta; buttare giù11 (fam.) guadagnare □ (fam.) to knock sb. out of st., far perdere ( una qualità, un'abitudine, ecc.) a q. ( con metodi duri); togliere qc. a q.; far passare a q. la voglia di qc. □ (fam.) to knock the bottom out of, mandare in rovina; far crollare, rovinare ( un'attività, il commercio, ecc.); demolire ( una tesi); dimostrare l'inconsistenza di □ (fam.) to knock the hell (o the living daylights) out of sb., dare un sacco di botte a q.; riempire di botte q.; pestare q. □ ( baseball) to knock the pitcher out of the box, eliminare il lanciatore con la battuta.
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