| 单词 | to go for six |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go for six (b) Also transferred and figurative in various colloquial phrases: to knock (someone) for six, to wrench from a state of composure; to defeat (soundly); to astonish; also in extended uses, and with inanimate object. Similarly, to go for six (see also quot. 1943); to hit for six: see hit v. 8f. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > soundly threshc1384 to knock the socks offa1529 thump1597 thrash1609 thwacka1616 capot1649 to beat to snuff1819 to knock into a cocked hat1830 to —— (the) hell out of1833 sledgehammer1834 rout1835 whop1836 skin1838 whip-saw1842 to knock (the) spots off1850 to make mincemeat of1853 to mop (up) the floor with1875 to beat pointless1877 to lick into fits1879 to take apart1880 to knock out1883 wax1884 contund1885 to give (a person) fits1885 to wipe the floor with1887 flatten1892 to knock (someone) for six1902 slaughter1903 slather1910 to hit for six1937 hammer1948 whomp1952 bulldozer1954 zilch1957 shred1966 tank1973 slam-dunk1975 beast1977 1902 J. Milne Epist. Atkins vi. 107 ‘It knocked me for six’, is the statement we have about a bullet in the knee. 1934 A. Berkeley Panic Party iv. 69 It's a crashing bore..to think of those dim cads knocking us for six like this, but..it's no use getting strenuous about it. 1941 L. A. G. Strong John McCormack viii. 129 John..hurled his Santuzza from him with such vigour that she went for six, landing in the wings on the far side of the stage. 1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 32 Gone for six, killed, missing. 1950 R. Gow Ann Veronica 1, in Plays of Year 1949 240 You're just like an angel yourself sitting there. You knock me for six, if I may borrow a sporting metaphor. 1955 Times 6 Aug. 7/4 It is a song that knocks for six the illusion..that little creatures probably know by instinct how to do their stuffs. 1973 ‘B. Graeme’ Two & Two make Five vi. 58 A glass of his home-made cider..knocks you for six. < as lemmas |
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