- 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. 2014.
knock yourself out
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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
knock yourself out — ˌknock sb/yourself ˈout derived to make sb/yourself very tired Syn: ↑wear out Main entry: ↑knockderived … Useful english 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
