knock dead

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.

Example Sentences

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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