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单词 to knock spots off
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to 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.
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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.
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