king hit
king hit · king hits
A blow intended to incapacitate in one hit, often delivered without warningA blow intended to incapacitate in one hit, often delivered without warning.
Meaning
1 senses(Australia, New Zealand, also, figuratively, slang)A blow intended to incapacitate in one hit, often delivered without warning.
2001, Robert Manne, Exclusionary Nationalism, Peter Craven, The Best Australian Essays 2001, page 60, Yet still, in the cultural area, at this time it had not yet delivered the populist king hit.
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