to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is not interested in its outcome.
"I'm going to the store." / "Knock yourself out."
To go ahead; to do as one pleases
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Nearby phrases
Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to knock oneself out
knock downknock downknock downknock for a loopknock it offknock it outknock offknock onknock on woodknock on woodknock on woodKnock on Woodknock one down with a featherknock one outknock one over with a featherknock outknock outknock outknock outknock outknock out of the boxknock out of the boxknock overknock overknock some sense intoknock some sense into his headknock somebody's socks offknock someone off his perchknock someone's block offknock someone's socks off
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