Meaning Of The Word Knock out

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Knock out Meaning

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What's The Definition Of Knock out?

knock out
phrasal verb: If a person or team is knocked out of a competition, they are defeated in a game, so that they take no more part in the competition.
phrasal verb: If something is knocked out by enemy action or bad weather, it is destroyed or stops functioning because of it.
phrasal verb: To knock someone out means to cause them to become unconscious or to go to sleep.

knock out in American English
to defeat (an opponent) by knocking to the ground so that it is not possible to rise before an official count of ten
to defeat (an opponent) in a boxing match by striking such a blow that the opponent is unable to rise within the specified time

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