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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... Lunch In This Town Again I'm good at public speaking. I've been knocking
them dead at seminars. knock someone for six: see hit someone for six at SIx.
knife knife' edge knock someone into the middle of next week hit someone 197
knock.
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... blow: The beam swung round, hit him on the back of the head and knocked
him cold. knock (someone) for six .tee six. knock (someone or something) into a
cocked hat see hat, knock (something) into shape see shape. knock it off! (si) stop
it!
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
... hit him on the back of the head and knocked him cold. knock (someone) for six
see six. knock (someone or something) into a cocked hat see hat. knock (
something) into shape see shape. knock it off! (sl) stop it!: Oh, knock it off, Bill, you
've ...
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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms
knock someone for six completely flummox or surprise someone. The news of the
factory's closure has knocked everyone for six. A cricketing idiom: a batsman
scores six runs if he hits the ball over the boundary before it comes to earth.
knock ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
... on (orat) the door seek to join a particular group or sphere of action. knock
someone for six:seehit someone for sixatSIX. knock someone or something on
the head decisively prevent an idea, plan, or proposal from being held or
developed.
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Oxford Dictionary of English
phrases knock someone's block off informal hit someone very hard. knock the
bottom out of see BOTTOM. knock someone dead informal greatly impress
someone. knock someone for six see SIX. knock people's heads together see
BANG ...
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Paperback Oxford English Dictionary
(Roman numeral: vi or VI.) 2 Cricket a hit that reaches the boundary without first
bouncing, scoring six runs. at sixes and sevens in a state of confusion. knock
someone for six Brit. informal surprise someone greatly. sixfold adj. & adv. six-
pack n.
Oxford Dictionaries,, Maurice Waite, 2012
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Phraseology and Culture in English
Unsurprisingly, the percentage figures for the two last-named neutral collocations
fall squarely into the span indicated in Table 1. The British colloquialisms bog
standard ('ordinary'), take the mickey,5 the cricket idiom knock someone for six, ...
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Pocket Oxford English Dictionary
(Roman numeral: vi or VI.) 2 Cricket a hit that reaches the boundary without first
bouncing, scoring six runs. at sixes and sevens in a state of confusion. knock
someone for six Brit. informal surprise someone greatly. sixfold adj. & adv. six-
pack n.
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
hit or knock someone for six iollotj 1 to defeat or ruin them completely. 2 to shock
or surprise them completely. • six of one and half a dozen of the other equal;
equally acceptable or unacceptable; the same on both sides. Sometimes
shortened ...
