knock for a loop | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Toastonish; tostaggeroroverwhelm; toconfuseordisorient.Synonyms:throw for a loop,throw off1932,Delos W. Lovelace,King Kong, published1965, page 7:[Denham answered] "Gas bombs, Old Man! My own prescription.[…]Gas bombs powerful enough toknocka row of elephantsfor a loop."1967November 17, “Wall Street: Big Casino”, inTime‎[1], archived fromthe originalon20 July 2014:[A] triple threat to the U.S. economy[…]hasknockedstock pricesfor a loop.1990,John Updike,Rabbit at Rest‎[2],→ISBN, page394:Poor Janice, she'll beknocked for a loop. She'll feel she's let her father down.2008September 7, Anita Gates, “Stage: Dinner and a Show, in One Spot, at One Price”, inThe New York Times‎[3], retrieved2 August 2014:Karyn McNay as Ulla, the sexy Swedish actress/receptionist/cleaning woman,knocksthe audiencefor a looptoo.

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