Meaning

1 senses

  1. Synonym of beat the daylights out of.

Examples

51 sentences

  1. That knocked the wind out of me.

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  2. Tom knocked one of the guards out.

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  3. Tom accidentally knocked over the bottle of water.

    ruТом случайно опрокинул бутылку воды. — odexed

    deTom warf aus Versehen die Wasserflasche um. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Tom knocked the knife out of Mary's hand.

    Том вибив ніж з руки Мері. — deniko

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  5. The strong winds knocked down a lot of tree branches last night.

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Forms

knocks the daylight out of, knocking the daylight out of, knocked the daylight out of, knocked the daylight out of
Base formknock the daylight out of · to knock the daylight out of
3rd person singularknocks the daylight out of
Present participleknocking the daylight out of
Past simpleknocked the daylight out of
Past participleknocked the daylight out of

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyknock the daylight out of
he, she, itknocks the daylight out of

Past simpleLesson

all personsknocked the daylight out of

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave knocked the daylight out of
he, she, ithas knocked the daylight out of

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill knock the daylight out of

Synonyms

2 synonyms
beat the daylights out ofclobber

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
knobknockA2knockoutknotB2

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