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
Verb
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Jolie wears her mother’s necklace throughout the film.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
22 Sep. 2025
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The Cocco di Mamma, or mama’s boy, wears an oversize Prince of Wales coat.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
22 Sep. 2025
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Gay attraction, for David (and this, too, echoes across Baldwin’s work), can only ever be masc4masc; effeminacy always kills desire.—
Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The assault keeps him out of the combine and more or less kills his momentum.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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The whole ordeal exhausts the mother turtle.—
Taylor Hagood,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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The idea of festivals just exhausts me.—
Meg Zukin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2025
Verb
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They filter lymph fluid, which drains from tissues, trapping and destroying germs, cancer cells, and other harmful material.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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Comparison drains clarity—your power lies in authenticity, not algorithms.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Knocks out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocks%20out. Accessed 25 Sep. 2025.
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