knock out

Definitions

1. 1

   To strike or render unconscious

   • I accidentally knocked out the glass in my picture frame.
2. 2

   To communicate (a message) by knocking.

   • The prisoner knocked out a message on the wall for the prisoner in the adjoining cell.
3. 3

   To complete, especially in haste

   To complete, especially in haste; knock off.

   • They knocked out the entire project in one night.
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   1. 4

      To lose the scent of hounds in fox-hunting.

   2. 5

      To leave college after hours—after half-past ten at night when the doors have been locked.

      • "Hullo!" he said, getting up; "time for me to knock out, or old Copas will be in bed. […]"
   3. 6

      To obtain or earn (something, often money or food).

   4. 7

      To sell.

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