knock out

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar deixar alguém inconsciente, eliminar alguém de uma competição ou criar algo de forma rápida e fácil.

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

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Render unconsciousinformal

   To hit someone so hard that they become unconscious.

   Nocaute

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

   Sinônimosfloorkayolay output outstun

2. Eliminate from competitioninformal

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

   Eliminar da competição

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbeatdefeatdismissejecteliminateoustput outsend packing

3. Exhaust or tireinformal

   To make someone extremely tired or exhausted.

   Exaurir

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

   Sinônimosdrainenervateexhaustfatiguetire outwear outweary

   Antônimosenergizeinvigoraterefreshrevivestimulate

4. Produce quicklyinformal

   To produce or complete something quickly and efficiently.

   Produzir rapidamente

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbang outchurn outcrank outdash offthrow togetherturn outwhip up

Verbo baseknock