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knock oneself out

to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is not interested in its outcome.
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"I'm going to the store." / "Knock yourself out."

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'knock oneself out':

knock oneself outTo go ahead; to do as one pleases
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knock outknock downknock out of the boxknock some sense intoknock outknock someone off his perchknock for a loopknock some sense into his headknock offknock someone's socks offknock downknock one outknock on woodknock on wood

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