knock out | Idiomator

Meaning: To strike or render unconscious(transitive)To strike or bump (someone or something) out.I accidentallyknocked outthe glass in my picture frame.(transitive,idiomatic)To renderunconscious, as by ablowto the head.The boxerknocked outhis opponent in the third round.1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket andknocked outof time.(transitive,informal,idiomatic)To put tosleep.The allergy pillknocked him outfor a good three hours.(intransitive,informal,idiomatic)To fall asleep, especially suddenly.2014, D. G. Driver,Cry of the Sea, page61:That's a put-you-straight-to-sleep book if there ever was one, and Iknockedrightoutafter two paragraphs.(transitive,informal,idiomatic)To exhaust.Running errands all day reallyknocked him out.(transitive,informal,idiomatic)Toimpress,surpassoroverwhelm(someone).(transitive,slang)Todefeatorkill(someone).(transitive,idiomatic)To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it.The antitank gunknocked outthe enemy tank.(transitive)Toeliminatefrom a contest or similar.1980,InfoWorld, volume 2, number20:As they were approaching bankruptcy from beingknocked outof the calculator market, they began development on the first commercially available microcomputer, the Altair.2011December 15, Marc Higginson, “Shamrock Rovers 0-4 Tottenham”, inBBC Sport:Tottenham wereknocked outof the Europa League, despite a comfortable victory over Shamrock Rovers in Dublin.; (transitive)To communicate (a message) by knocking.The prisonerknocked outa message on the wall for the prisoner in the adjoining cell.; (transitive,informal)Tocomplete, especially inhaste;knock off.Theyknocked outthe entire project in one night.; To lose thescentofhoundsinfox-hunting.; (obsolete,Oxford Universityslang)To leave collegeafter hours—after half-past ten at night when thedoorshave beenlocked.1861,Thomas Hughes,Tom Brown at Oxford, London: Macmillan and Co., published1883,page503:"Hullo!" he said, getting up; "time for me toknock out, or old Copas will be in bed.[…]"; (transitive,Australia)To obtain or earn (something, often money or food).; (transitive,slang,UK)To sell.

Examples:

EN: We're going to try to knock out the Tower radio station.
ES: Intentaremos apoderarnos de la Torre.
EN: If you don't knock out that mug tonight,
ES: Si no noqueas a ese paquete esta noche,
EN: Surely you do not want a woman who, if she has a start, can knock out one of your one of your guests.
ES: Seguro no quieres una mujer que, si tiene un arranque, pueda noquear a uno de tus invitados.
EN: Come on, knock out of there, big boy.
ES: Vamos, dale al martillo, hombre.
EN: Only a cannon could knock out my Joji.
ES: "¡A mi Joji sólo se le gana a cañonazos!"
EN: According to you, one of them is enough to knock out an elephant.
ES: Según usted, una tumbaría a un elefante.
EN: She can knock out the strongest man!
ES: ¡Esta tumba al hombre más fuerte!
EN: I'm practising, for the shooting contest and you knock out my patient better than shoot them - by the way, nothing's happened
ES: ¡Estoy entrenando, para el concurso de tiro! ¡Cargando contra mis pacientes! Mejor que tirar contra ellos...
EN: First, he's gotta knock out a few setups.
ES: Primero deberá noquear aIgunos contendores fáciIes,
EN: She's a knock out Libby.
ES: Asombrosa, Libby.
EN: We could knock out a couple and get home early.
ES: Podríamos tocar un poco y llegar temprano a casa.
EN: Say, it wouldn't do any harm to knock out a couple, would it?
ES: Oigan, no sería problema tocar un par de temas, ¿o sí?
EN: Come around here, take sides with Bean, and knock out my best friend, and...
ES: Viene acá, se pone del lado de Bean, noquea a mi mejor amigo y...
EN: It was no satisfaction to me to knock out some poor fellow... who'd been set up against me for a purse of money... or hold his shoulders down on the mat.
ES: No hallaba satisfacción en noquear a un pobre tipo... que se enfrentaba a mí por una bolsa de dinero, ni en ponerle los hombros contra la lona.
EN: That ought to knock out any machine-gun nests or any artillery emplacements.
ES: Con eso bastará para destruir los nidos de ametralladoras y la artillería.

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