knock out
• make a person unconscious, typically with a blow to the head.
• "my head hit the bottom and I was knocked out for a good five minutes"
Similar:
stun,
strike unconscious,
knock unconscious,
render unconscious,
knock senseless,
stupefy,
daze,
lay out,
floor,
prostrate,
level,
KO,
kayo,
knock cold,
put out cold,
• defeat a competitor in a knockout competition.
• "England had been knocked out of the World Cup"
• destroy, damage, or disable a machine or piece of equipment.
• "the fault disabled two backup systems and knocked out the computer"
• produce work at a steady fast rate.
• "if you knock out a thousand words a day you'll soon have finished"
• empty a tobacco pipe by tapping it against a surface.
• "he sighed, knocked out his pipe, and put it back in his pocket"
• earn a specified sum of money.
• "I was knocking out about eighteen hundred dollars per annum"
knockout
noun
• an act of knocking someone out, especially in boxing.
• "a knockout blow"
• a tournament in which the loser in each round is eliminated.
Similar:
elimination match,
tie,
elimination competition,
