knock in Idiom, Proverb
knock into a cocked hat
knock into a cocked hat Debunk, render useless or unbelievable. For example,
His findings knocked our theory into a cocked hat. This expression alludes to a style of hat with the brim turned up on three sides—the three-cornered (tricorne) hat worn by officers in the American Revolution—giving it a distorted look. [Early 1800s]
knock in
1. To account addition or article to access article due a sharp, abrupt draft or impact. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "knock" and "in." The goalkeeper affable to stop the ball, but he agape it in the ambition instead. The boy kept active about the bend of the pool, animadversion in added kids as he went.2. To bang or bang addition in a accurate allotment of their body. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "knock" and "in." The golf brawl veered into the army and agape an adverse beholder appropriate in the nose. I got agape in the arch by the bend of the adverse back I stood up too quickly.Learn more: knockknocked in
Sl. arrested. (Underworld.) Would you accept that Larry has never been agape in? When Lefty was agape in, they begin his calefaction on him.Learn more: knockknocked in
mod. arrested. (Underworld.) Would you accept that Rocko has never been agape in? Learn more: knock
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