单词 | to knock spots off |
释义 | > as lemmasto knock (the) spots off c. colloquial (originally U.S., now chiefly British). to knock (the) spots off and variants: to beat thoroughly; to outdo easily. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > surpass or beat whip1571 overmaster1627 to give (one) fifteen and a bisque1664 to beat (all) to nothing1768 beatc1800 bang1808 to beat (also knock) all to sticks1820 floga1841 to beat (a person, a thing) into fits1841 to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849 to knock (the) spots off1850 lick1890 biff1895 to give a stone and a beating to1906 to knock into a cocked hat1965 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 1850 Star of North (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 26 Dec. He says it will knock the spots off of any thing ever heard tell of. 1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 152 She can knock the spots out of these boys at that game. 1905 Omaha Illustr. Bee 23 Apr. 8/4 One of them taken internally will knock the spots from any case of malaria in the state. 1990 Élan 11 May 13/1 Paris now has about 150 café theatres. In sheer numbers this knocks spots off London's fringe theatre and New York's off-off-off Broadway. 2004 Opera News Apr. 14/1 McNair's..recording of Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 knocks the spots off most of the competition. < as lemmas |
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