as in wears
to use up all the physical energy of
the entire staff knocked itself out getting the project finished on time
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Recent Examples of knocks out
As Stahl said, anytime there’s a reckless driver, the emergency pipeline collapses and knocks out water flow to the entire area.
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knocks out
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In the campaign, the modern Godfather of Autotune wears lab goggles and red & blue layered button-downs under a crisp white scientist coat while holding up the boot.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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This directly helped inspire the flesh masks that Leatherface wears in the Chainsaw films.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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In Monster, viewers briefly spot Henry while Ed kills George and spends time with Augusta.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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The couple who kills together doesn’t necessarily stay together, as this movie posits in a twisted fashion.—
Vanessa Maki,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2025
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Additional motorsport-style heave dampers act to suppress squat and dive, giving the bespoke Pirelli Trofeo R tires a fighting chance of relaying 1,257 ft lbs of torque to the road.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
6 Aug. 2025
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Instead of gradually boiling into insanity, the film hits fever pitch hallucinations right away and quickly exhausts itself attempting to keep pace.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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Many market observers are urging investors to rebalance their portfolios, while also acknowledging there could be further upside before the AI rally exhausts itself.—
Sean Conlon,Sarah Min,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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Most indoor plants are watered from the top until the water drains from the pot through the drainage holes.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
9 Oct. 2025
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Watch for when the sun hits different sections of your garden, how water drains after a heavy rain, and what critters (large and small) like to stop by for a visit.—
Mike Irvine,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Knocks out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocks%20out. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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