单词 | to knock off a person's head |
释义 | > as lemmasto knock off a person's head 1. transitive. To strike off by or as by a blow; also figurative. to knock off a person's head, to ‘beat’ or surpass him. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > strike off with a blow to smite offa1225 latch1535 wipe1596 to knock offa1616 slat1828 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 286 Knocke off his Manacles. View more context for this quotation 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 94 If a parcel of Matter be knockt off from another. 1719 E. Young Busiris ii. 23 Till Death shall knock them [sc. chains] off. 1862 Cornhill Mag. June 655 I could knock his head off in Greek Iambics. < as lemmas |
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