put someone's lights out

Meaning: (idiomatic)To cause someone to becomeunconscious, especially bystrikinghim or her.1981September 16, “More than 300 million to see THE fight tonight”, inBeaver County Times, retrieved12 November 2015, page C1:"He's taken an awful lot of punches in his last few fights and if Thomas hits him like that, he'llput his lights out. It'll be like a blackout."1984August 28, Bert Rosenthal, “Hagler looks forward to Garden visit”, inKentucky New Era, retrieved12 November 2015, page C1:"The last time I fought Mustafa, I just wanted to give him a beating. . . . This time, I want toput his lights out."1996December 31, Bill Copeland, “True love is where you find it”, inSarasota Herald-Tribune, retrieved12 November 2015, page 4E:[H]e knew every trick in the books, combatwise, and "couldput your lights outwith a simple sustained pressure on a carotid nerve."

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