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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms
Similar to knock spots off. knock it off stop doing something. Why don't you two
knock it off and stop all this arguing and snarling? Compare wrap it up. knock
someone sideways overwhelm someone usually by bad news. His wife's death ...
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Colloquial Language in Ulysses: A Reference Tool
(WIP)] 13.968 (367). knock spots off. Cf. DAP Spot 5. (To knock the spots off)
1856; OED spot, sb.1 4c. To knock the spots off surpass, excel; orig. t/.5.)from
1867, including '"knocked spots'" 1888. DSUE655 a has without the article: knock
spots ...
Robert William Dent,
1994
... asthey can. knock it off informalusedtotellsome- one to stop doing something
which annoys you: Oh, knock it off Alex, I'm really not in the mood for your jokes..
knock spots off sth uk informaltobe muchbetter than something or someone else:
It ...
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we can knock spots off all the teams we play this year.Sc+lfg ft °] to knock the
bottom out of 1. !x#I (Mtt □ #fe « Bftft^) ; 15 ff (We can surely knock the bottom out
of ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... informal 1998 Penelope Lively Spiderweb It's always knocked me sideways—
the thought of what we carry around. stashed away. knock someone's socks off:
see SOCK. knock something into a cocked hat: see COCKED HAT. knock spots
off ...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
... defeat somebody By playing such excellent music, he has knocked the '
nightingale' off her pedestal. knock somebody sideways defeat or astonish
somebody She knocked me sideways with her praiseworthy remark. knock spots
off ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
... stashed away. knock someone's socks off:seeSOCK. knock something into a
cocked hat:seeCOCKEDHAT. knock spots off easily outdo. informal This
expression may refer to shooting out the pips (spots) on a playing card in a pistol-
shooting ...
Knock spots off Easily surpass; do better than The candidate from Tamil Nadu
knocked the spots off all the others at the N.C.C. camp competitions. Knock the
bottom out of an argument Make the argument worthless The opposition leader's
...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition,
2004
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
knock spots off sth uk informal to be much better than something or someone else
: It knocks spots off that restaurant in Cotswold Street. • knock the bottom out of
sth to damage something severely, especially by destroying its support: The rise
...
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
To knock spots off someone is to outdo them easily. The expression probably
comes from the world of competitive shooting. Contestants keen to Show off their
skilled marksmanship would be required to shoot out the pips or spots on a
playing ...
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Jo Johnson takes aim at those who 'coast within the 2.1 band'
I used to find his A level essays discarded on my garage floor and walked all over that would knock spots off anything anyone I was teaching ... «Spectator.co.uk, Lip 15»
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In-form Domino set to knock spots off her rivals
In-form Domino set to knock spots off her rivals. By Jonathan Kay 5:22PM 13 MAY 2015. DOMINO STORM has developed into a high-class bitch and can make it ... «Racing Post, Maj 15»
Leicester City 1-3 Chelsea: Blues come from behind to end Foxes …
Drogba may not be the barnstorming warrior of old, but you can't knock spots off a decorator's radio and at 37 you can't knock spots off ... «Irish Mirror, Kwi 15»
Sam Burgess catches London Irish on blindside as Bath run riot
Twenty-one minutes later the bonus point was in the bag, thanks to Sam Burgess, and with Saints and Saracens due to knock spots off each ... «The Guardian, Kwi 15»
Robert Howard: Nottingham's romantic trail possibilities
Lucy's biography of her husband's life introduced me to the word 'uxorious'. They knock spots off the other two Castle couplings. «Nottingham Post, Kwi 15»
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Over long periods of time, history shows that the returns from investing in equities knock spots off the returns of other assets, such as cash and ... «The Motley Fool UK, Mar 15»
Is It Worth Investing In Tesco PLC And Prudential plc Now?
... in many cases the food stuffs they sell knock spots off what the main-stream supermarkets push to us on quality, too. If you don't believe me, ... «The Motley Fool UK, Mar 15»
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Leica XE (Typ 102)
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