knock out

Verb

  • To strike or bump (someone or something) out.
  • To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head.
  • To put to sleep.
  • To fall asleep, especially suddenly.
  • To exhaust.
  • To complete, especially in haste; knock off.
  • To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it.
  • To eliminate.
  • To communicate (a message) by knocking.
  • To lose the scent of hounds in fox-hunting.
  • To leave college after hours—after half-past ten at night when the doors has been locked.

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