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knock dead

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  1. Greatly amuse, astonish, or thrill someone, as in This new song will knock them dead. This slangy hyperbolic expression was first recorded in 1889. Also see knock the socks off.

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At various times in my crystal-ball-gazing career, I have predicted that the Internet would knock dead newspapers, magazines, TV, the U.S. political system and America Online--all enterprises that are apparently healthy.

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