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knock someone's block off

Beat up someone, as in If he doesn't leave at once, I'll knock his block off. This hyperbolic term employs block in the sense of “head,” a usage dating from the 1600s. The idiom, however, dates only from about 1900. Also see beat the living daylights out of.

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Nearby words

  1. knock oneself out,
  2. knock out,
  3. knock over,
  4. knock over with a feather,
  5. knock rummy,
  6. knock someone's socks off,
  7. knock the bottom out of,
  8. knock the living daylights out of,
  9. knock the socks off,
  10. knock together
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