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knock out of the box

knock out of the box verb: to cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting.

Verb

knock out of the box (third-person singular simple present knocks out of the box, present participle knocking out of the box, simple past and past participle knocked out of the box)

  1. To cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting.
  2. (idiomatic) To cause something to be replaced by something else.
    Synonyms:
    oust

Synonyms of knock out of the box

Forms of knock out of the box

third-person singular presentknocks out of the box
present participleknocking out of the box
past participleknocked out of the box
pastknocked out of the box

Questions about knock out of the box

What does knock out of the box mean?
Knock out of the box means to cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting.
What part of speech is knock out of the box?
Knock out of the box is a verb.
What is the past tense of knock out of the box?
The past tense of knock out of the box is knocked out of the box.

Words near knock out of the box in the dictionary

  1. knock one out of the ball park
  2. knock one out of the ballpark
  3. knock one out of the park
  4. knock oneself out
  5. knock out
  6. knock out of the box
  7. knock over
  8. knock round
  9. knock rummy
  10. knock shop
  11. knock shops

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