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knock (one's) block off knock (one's) block offTo strike someone with great force, usually in the head. If you insult me like that again, I'll knock your block off!See also: block, knock, offknock someone's block offSl. to hit someone hard in the head. Wilbur almost knocked Tom's block off by accident. He threatened to knock my block off if I didn't do as I was told.See also: block, knock, offknock someone's block offBeat up someone, as in If he doesn't leave at once, I'll knock his block off. This hyperbolic term employs block in the sense of "head," a usage dating from the 1600s. The idiom, however, dates only from about 1900. Also see beat the living daylights out of. See also: block, knock, offknock someone's block off hit someone very hard in anger. informal Block is used here in its informal sense of ‘head’.See also: block, knock, offI’ll knock your ˈblock/ˈhead off! (British English, spoken) used to threaten somebody that you will hit themSee also: block, head, knock |