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knock out

To put someone to sleep.
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The allergy pill knocked him out for a good three hours.

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Submitted on August 30, 2012

Additional definitions for 'knock out':

knock outTo strike or bump someone or something out.
knock outTo render someone unconscious, as by a blow to the head.
knock outTo exhaust a person or animal.
knock outTo complete, especially in haste; knock off.
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knock for a loopknock some sense into his headknock the wind out of your sailsknock out of the boxknock one down with a featherknock someone's block offknock out of the boxknock oneself outknock onknock someone's socks offknock the living daylights out ofknock underknock somebody's socks offknock off

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