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knocked someone's wind out

knocked someone's wind out is the past participle of knock someone's wind out.

Meaning of knock someone's wind out

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To cause someone phrenospasm.

Questions about knocked someone's wind out

What is knocked someone's wind out the past participle of?
Knocked someone's wind out is the past participle of knock someone's wind out.

Words near knocked someone's wind out in the dictionary

  1. knocked someone for six
  2. knocked someone into the middle of next week
  3. knocked someone off their perch
  4. knocked someone over with a feather
  5. knocked someone's socks off
  6. knocked someone's wind out
  7. knocked the ball out of the park
  8. knocked the corners off
  9. knocked the daylight out of
  10. knocked the daylights out of
  11. knocked the living daylights out of

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