knock one's socks off
折服人,震撼人心
Related Words
Definitions
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- : to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal:to knock on the door before entering.
- : to strike in collision; bump: He knocked into a table.
- : to make a pounding noise: The engine of our car is knocking badly.
- : Informal. to engage in trivial or carping criticism; find fault.
- : Cards. to end a game, as in gin rummy, by laying down a hand in which those cards not included in sets total less than a specific amount.
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- : to give a sounding or forcible blow to; hit; strike; beat.
- : to drive, force, or render by a blow or blows: to knock a man senseless.
- : to make by striking a blow or blows: to knock a hole in the wall.
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Phrases
- knock about
- knock back
- knock cold
- knock dead
- knock down
- knock down with a feather
- knock for a loop
- knock into a cocked hat
- knock it off
- knock off
- knock oneself out
- knock on wood
- knock out
- knock over
- knock over with a feather
- knock someone's block off
- knock someone's socks off
- knock the bottom out of
- knock the living daylights out of
- knock the socks off
- knock together
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Even though arthritis swells beneath both of my knock knees.
The “never voted” line is a knock at Carey, who has never held office.
They plan to spend a week of vacation wallowing in the glorious luxuries of a house they are not rich enough to own but are rich enough to aspire toward — but then, on their first night at the house, there’s a knock at the door.
Perhaps the biggest knock on the play-in tournament is that it is somewhat difficult to explain.
Mallory Talbott, who manages a barbecue restaurant, said parents knew to call the house phone if no one answered a knock.
This courageous act earned him a late-night knock on the door with orders for Serna to vamos from Cuba.
In the back of my mind I was wondering how much time we had before there might be an ominous knock at the door.
I was writing Lorrie Moore knock-off short stories before I switched to nonfiction.
Still, we had the 13 dwarves to deal with, but at least in this movie we get to knock a couple off, which is a relief.
But hey, if you want to take on Cosby for telling you to stay in school, knock yourself out.
If the Turks get hold of a lot of fresh men and throw them upon us during the night,—perhaps they may knock us off into the sea.
There was no response to the knock, and Davy cautiously pushed open the door and went in.
Captain Lovelock got up as well; Bernard heard him knock over his little gilded chair.
“I think it is a knock at the door,” said Mr. Pickwick, as if there could be the smallest doubt of the fact!