knock yourself out

knock yourself out
please begin doing it.

If you want to make hotel and airline and car reservations and take care of everything, well, then, knock yourself out.

Usage notes: usually said to show you are unhappy with someone who has complained about your efforts

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • knock yourself out — ˌknock sb/yourself ˈout derived to make sb/yourself very tired Syn: ↑wear out Main entry: ↑knockderived …   Useful english dictionary

  • knock yourself out — knock (someone/yourself) out to make someone very tired. Pat has really knocked herself out cooking this dinner. All that shopping has knocked me out! …   New idioms dictionary

  • knock oneself out — verb To go ahead; to do as one pleases Im going to the store. / Knock yourself out …   Wiktionary

  • knock someone out — knock (someone/yourself) out to make someone very tired. Pat has really knocked herself out cooking this dinner. All that shopping has knocked me out! …   New idioms dictionary

  • knock out — verb 1. eliminate (Freq. 4) knock out a target • Hypernyms: ↑extinguish, ↑eliminate, ↑get rid of, ↑do away with • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …   Useful english dictionary

  • knock — knock1 W3S1 [nɔk US na:k] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(door)¦ 2¦(hit and move something)¦ 3¦(hit somebody hard)¦ 4¦(hit part of your body)¦ 5 knock on doors 6 be knocking on the door 7¦(remove wall)¦ 8 knock a hole in/through something 9¦(criticize)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • knock — knock1 [ nak ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to hit something, causing damage or harm: Mike had knocked his leg against a table. a ) transitive to hit something and force it somewhere: He knocked a couple of nails into the door. b )… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • knock — 1 verb 1 DOOR/WINDOW (T) to hit a door or window with your closed hand to attract the attention of the people inside: Why don t you knock before you come in? (+ at/on): I turned to see Jane knocking frantically on the taxi window. 2 HIT/MAKE STH… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • knock out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms knock out : present tense I/you/we/they knock out he/she/it knocks out present participle knocking out past tense knocked out past participle knocked out 1) to make someone unconscious He hit me and nearly… …   English dictionary

  • lock out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone locks you out of a place, they prevent you entering it by locking the doors. [V n P of n] They had had a row, and she had locked him out of the apartment... [V n P] My husband s locked me out. 2) PHRASAL VERB If you… …   English dictionary

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