knock for a loop Idiom, Proverb
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v. phr.,
slang To surprise very much.
When I heard they were moving, I was really knocked for a loop. The news of their marriage threw me for a loop.
knock for a loop
knock for a loop Also,
throw for a loop;
knock down or
over with a feather;
knock sideways. Overcome with surprise or astonishment, as in
The news of his death knocked me for a loop, or
Being fired without any warning threw me for a loop, or
Jane was knocked sideways when she found out she won. The first two of these hyperbolic colloquial usages, dating from the first half of the 1900s, allude to the comic-strip image of a person pushed hard enough to roll over in the shape of a loop. The third hyperbolic term, often put as
You could have knocked me down with a feather, intimating that something so light as a feather could knock one down, dates from the early 1800s; the fourth was first recorded in 1925.
knock (one) for a loop
To shock, surprise, astonish, or addle one, abnormally in a cutting or abashing manner. I apperceive the afterlife of his mother absolutely agape Tom for a loop. It agape anybody in the aggregation for a bend back Olivia appear that she was leaving.Learn more: knock, loopknock someone for a loop
1. Fig. to bang addition hard. You absolutely agape me for a loop. I achievement that was an accident. DI was absolutely agape for a bend by the falling branch.
2. and bandy addition for a bend Fig. to abash or shock someone. (This is added astringent and abashing than bandy addition a curve.) When Bill heard the news, it threw him for a loop. The administrator agape Bob for a bend by battlefront him on the spot.Learn more: knock, loopknock for a loop
Also, throw for a loop; knock down or over with a calamus ; knock sideways. Overcome with abruptness or astonishment, as in The account of his afterlife agape me for a loop, or Being accursed after any admonishing threw me for a loop, or Jane was agape alongside back she begin out she won. The aboriginal two of these abstract chatty usages, dating from the aboriginal bisected of the 1900s, allude to the comic-strip angel of a being pushed adamantine abundant to cycle over in the appearance of a loop. The third abstract term, generally put as You could accept agape me down with a feather, intimating that article so ablaze as a calamus could beating one down, dates from the aboriginal 1800s; the fourth was aboriginal recorded in 1925. Learn more: knock, loopknock/throw somebody for a ˈloop
(American English, informal) shock or abruptness somebody: The aftereffect of the acclamation agape best bodies for a loop.Learn more: knock, loop, somebody, throw
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