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(transitive, idiomatic) To do something quickly, in a slipshod, or unprofessional manner.
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(transitive) to churn out, produce hurriedly
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(transitive) To wear (someone) out by repeated actions that overwhelm one's patience or strength.
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(transitive, figuratively) To defeat severely.
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(idiomatic) To refrain from destructive military or paramilitary acts (war, terrorism, etc.) and put energy and resources to peaceful ends that would otherwise go to violence.
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(slang) To shoot in the head.
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To deliver unfortunate or upsetting news to someone.
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(transitive) To fasten (a criminal etc.) to a wheel and break his limbs or beat him to death.
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(UK) To push someone over by heading straight over them. Often used in conjunction with "over".
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(idiomatic, informal) To clean dust off something, such as with a vacuum cleaner.
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(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
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(transitive, informal) To jilt; to dump.
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(slang) To knock someone unconscious.
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(slang, transitive) To knock out (a person); to render unconscious by a blow.
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(figuratively, colloquial) To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
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(idiomatic) To do something excellently
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(medicine, colloquial) Digoxin.
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(colloquial) To engage in a burst of hard work.
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(transitive, slang) to dent, bend, or injure
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(informal) To dip a piece of food (e.g. a chip) into a communal sauce container after already having taken a bite of the food.
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To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush.
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(idiomatic) To commit suicide, especially by use of a firearm discharged into the victim's mouth.
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(transitive) To have a sudden and significant impact.
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To knock someone out, or render them unconscious or senseless.
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(sports, uncountable) A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.
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(transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
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(transitive) To stun; to surprise.
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(informal, transitive) To amaze or greatly impress (someone) by delivering an outstanding performance.
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(transitive, informal) To drink fast.
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(UK) The prank of knocking on somebody's front door and running away before it is opened.
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(transitive, chiefly Britain, colloquial, figuratively) To completely demolish, nullify, overthrow, or otherwise defeat (a person; an argument, idea, or proposition; or a thing).
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To remove by hitting (something, someone)
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Alternative form of knock someone's block off [(slang) To strike a person in the head, causing them to fall to the ground, especially in an unconscious condition; to beat up a person.]
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(transitive) To strike or bump (someone or something) out.
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(idiomatic) To cause something to be replaced by something else.
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To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it
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(idiomatic) To knock someone down; to hit someone so they fall to the floor.
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(slang) To strike a person in the head, causing them to fall to the ground, especially in an unconscious condition; to beat up a person.
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Synonym of punch someone's lights out
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(transitive, intransitive) To accustom (a person) to the vicissitudes of life; to cure a person of naïveté, selfishness, etc. by exposure to reality.
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Synonym of beat the daylights out of
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Alternative form of knock the living daylights out of [(idiomatic) To beat or strike someone.]
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(figuratively) To greatly excel against (someone or something).
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(Britain) To awaken (someone) as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also knocker up.
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Alternative form of knock on wood [(idiomatic, US) To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.]
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(chiefly UK) Resulting as an indirect effect.
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Alternative form of knockout [The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.]
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An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
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The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.
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(slang, US, usually in the plural) A drop of a drug used to make a person fall asleep or become unconscious or stupefied for the purpose of robbery, etc., typically by mixing it into a drink.
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(transitive, boxing) To knock someone out, to render someone unconscious.
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(informal, transitive) To vigorously attack, either physically or verbally.
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To make a sudden violent attack.
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(US, informal) To act very quickly or energetically.
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(slang, intransitive) To die.
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(intransitive, slang) To attack or target a group that is weaker or of lower status than oneself.
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(transitive, combat sports, by extension) To knock out an opponent.
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(boxing and medicine) Synonym of knock out: to render unconscious.
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(transitive, slang) To move quickly or violently upon.
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(slang) To make reckless or exaggerated statements.
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(transitive, figuratively) To defeat easily.
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To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
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(figuratively) To ruthlessly crush or overwhelm.
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(idiomatic) Synonym of kick someone when they are down (“make things worse for someone in a difficult position”)
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(informal) To heavily defeat or get the better of.
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(figuratively) To surprise; to introduce something unexpected or requiring a quick reaction or correction.
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(slang) A challenge or incitement to fight.
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(computing, functional programming, transitive) To delay (a computation).
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(transitive, slang) To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
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(by extension) To treat someone harshly.
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(transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
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