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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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knockout drops, knockout mouse, knock over, knock over with a feather, knock rummy, knock someone's block off, knock someone's socks off, knock the bottom out of, knock the living daylights out of, knock the socks off, knock together
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