knock out

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner le fait de faire perdre connaissance à quelqu'un, d'éliminer quelqu'un d'une compétition, ou de créer quelque chose rapidement et facilement.

A phrasal verb used to indicate rendering someone unconscious, eliminating someone from a competition, or producing something quickly and effortlessly.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Render unconsciousinformal

   To hit someone so hard that they become unconscious.

   assommer

   • The boxer knocked out his opponent in the third round.
   • He was knocked out by a single punch.
   • The fall knocked him out cold.

   Synonymesfloorkayolay output outstun

2. Eliminate from competitioninformal

   To defeat someone or a team so that they cannot continue in a competition.

   Éliminer de la compétition

   • The underdog team knocked out the champions in the first round.
   • She was knocked out of the tournament in the semifinals.
   • The injury knocked him out of the race.

   Synonymesbeatdefeatdismissejecteliminateoustput outsend packing

3. Exhaust or tireinformal

   To make someone extremely tired or exhausted.

   épuiser

   • The long hike knocked me out completely.
   • Working double shifts knocked her out.
   • The heat knocked out the entire team.

   Synonymesdrainenervateexhaustfatiguetire outwear outweary

   Antonymesenergizeinvigoraterefreshrevivestimulate

4. Produce quicklyinformal

   To produce or complete something quickly and efficiently.

   produire rapidement

   • The artist knocked out a sketch in ten minutes.
   • She knocked out the report before lunch.
   • He can knock out a song in an hour.

   Synonymesbang outchurn outcrank outdash offthrow togetherturn outwhip up

Verbe de baseknock