单词 | to knock out of time |
释义 | > as lemmasto knock (formerly also hit, etc.) out of time (b) colloquial (originally Boxing). to knock (formerly also hit, etc.) out of time:= to knock out 4 at knock v. Phrasal verbs. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (transitive)] > knock down or out to knock (formerly also hit, etc.) out of time1821 to send to dorse1822 dorse1825 to knock out1883 to put out1895 stop1895 K.O.1922 kayo1923 starch1930 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the fist > incapacitate by to knock outa1616 to knock (also beat, etc.) a person stupid1811 to knock (formerly also hit, etc.) out of time1821 out1896 K.O.1922 kayo1923 1821 Morning Chron. 26 Jan. Goddard was hit out of time, and lost the fight. 1831 Bell's Life in London 13 Feb. Though Tom only considers himself a bantam of 9½ stone, he flatters himself he can knock Taylor out of time. 1860 Bell's Life in London 17 Apr. 4/4 The battle was concluded by his being hit out of time by a blow on the serenader. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux II. xxviii. 228 You'll come all right after a few weeks. You've been knocked out of time;—that's the truth of it. 1912 J. Galsworthy Inn of Tranquility 81 Saving people from being knocked out of time by old age, and accidents like illness, and the fluctuations of trade. 1922 M. Pedler Vision of Desire iv. 47 My head's clearing... I was only knocked out of time for a minute. 1950 E. Wingfield-Stratford King Charles the Martyr i. xi. 47 The crack Cavalier squadrons had been knocked out of time; they would not fight again that day. 1963 Brewer's Dict. Phr. & Fable (ed. 8) 524/1 To knock out of time, to settle one's hash for him, double him up. < as lemmas |
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