babe in the woods »
A person who is innocent, naive, inexperienced, or helpless.
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bat away »
To knock an object, usually a ball.
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born yesterday »
New, naive, innocent, inexperienced or easily deceived.
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butterfly upon a wheel »
An innocent person crushed by life's adversities.
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double entendre »
A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo..
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down with his apple-cart »
Knock or throw him down.
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fly-by-night »
A creatures which flies at night; a nocturnal flier or traveler.
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joe job »
An act of e-mail spamming where the sender's identity and address are those of an innocent third party, intended either to tarnish that person's reputation or to flood that person's e-mail with bounces.
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knock about »
An informal game, usually football.
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knock around »
To spend time with someone as a friend.
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knock around »
To do a relaxing activity.
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knock around »
To be in an unknown place.
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knock around »
To hit someone, or behave violently towards them.
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knock back »
To drink an alcoholic beverage swiftly or often.
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knock down »
To hit or knock (something), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.
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knock down »
To demolish.
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knock down »
Sold with a blow from the gavel.
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knock down »
To reduce the price of.
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knock down »
To drink fast.
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knock for a loop »
To astonish; to surprise very much.
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knock it off »
Stop doing something; desist.
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knock off »
An imitation, especially one of poorer quality.
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knock on wood »
A self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.
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knock on wood »
To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted my a presumptuous statement.
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knock out »
To strike or bump someone or something out.
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knock out »
To render someone unconscious, as by a blow to the head.
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knock out »
To put someone to sleep.
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knock out »
To exhaust a personal or animal.
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knock out »
To complete, especially in haste; knock off.
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knock out of the box »
To cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting.
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knock out of the box »
To cause something to be replaced by something else.
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knock over »
To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it.
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knock over »
To rob; to stage a heist.
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knock somebody's socks off »
To impress greatly; amaze; stun.
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knock the living daylights out of »
To knock out; to hit and cause to be unconscious.
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knock together »
To assemble something quickly; to knock up.
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knock up »
To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up.
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knock up »
To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. See also knock together.
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knock up »
In the morning as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also knocker up.
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knock up »
To exhaust; wear out; weary; beat; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more.
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knock up »
To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out.
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knock up »
To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up.
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knock-on effect »
A secondary, often unintended effect.
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knock-on effect »
The continued running of an engine after the ignition has been turned off; dieseling.
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knocked for a six »
to be defeated; outwitted; outfoxed; beaten
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knocked up »
"pregnant", typically outside of marriage.
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knocking on heaven's door »
Dying, close to death.
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lay low »
To knock out; to cause to fall.
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pachyderm »
A member of the obsolete taxonomic group Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant, pig and horse.
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put back »
To drink fast; to knock down alcohol.
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school of hard knocks »
An education consisting of real-world experiences, especially harsh experiences.
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take a dive »
To feign a knockout in order to lose intentionally.
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walk the talk »
To do what one said one could do, or would do, not just making empty promises. To walk one's talk is to be innocent of hypocrisy.
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