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knock off someone's block

knock off someone's block is the alternative form of knock someone's block off.

Meaning of knock someone's block off

Verb

knock someone's block off (third-person singular simple present knocks someone's block off, present participle knocking someone's block off, simple past and past participle knocked someone's block off)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To strike a person in the head, causing them to fall to the ground, especially in an unconscious condition; to beat up a person.
    • "I can't stand the sight of him," he would say, "and I'd be glad if somebody would come along and knock his block off—when he was not in the ring."1895 February 12, “Ring Gossip”, in Providence News, USA, retrieved 06 Jul 2011, page 6

Forms of knock off someone's block

third-person singular presentknocks off someone's block
present participleknocking off someone's block
past participleknocked off someone's block
pastknocked off someone's block

Questions about knock off someone's block

What is knock off someone's block the alternative form of?
Knock off someone's block is the alternative form of knock someone's block off.

Words near knock off someone's block in the dictionary

  1. knock knock
  2. knock knock joke
  3. knock knock jokes
  4. knock knocks
  5. knock off
  6. knock off someone's block
  7. knock offs
  8. knock on
  9. knock on heaven's door
  10. knock on the door of
  11. knock on the head

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