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knocked on the head

knocked on the head is the simple past and past participle of knock on the head.

Meaning of knock on the head

Verb

knock on the head (third-person singular simple present knocks on the head, present participle knocking on the head, simple past and past participle knocked on the head)

  1. (transitive) To put an end to; to defeat or frustrate (a scheme or project).
    • My young brothers and sisters looked very awestruck at this first glimpse of barbaric life, and I fear many of the theories they had formed about going into the wilds alone, and experiencing some Robinson Crusoe-like adventures, were suddenly "knocked on the head," to use a forcible colonial...1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 46

Questions about knocked on the head

What is knocked on the head the simple past and past participle of?
Knocked on the head is the simple past and past participle of knock on the head.

Words near knocked on the head in the dictionary

  1. knocked off
  2. knocked off someone's block
  3. knocked on
  4. knocked on heaven's door
  5. knocked on the door of
  6. knocked on the head
  7. knocked on wood
  8. knocked one out
  9. knocked one out of the ball park
  10. knocked one out of the ballpark
  11. knocked one out of the park

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