knocked the corners off
knocked the corners off is the simple past and past participle of knock the corners off.
Meaning of knock the corners off
Verb
knock the corners off (third-person singular simple present knocks the corners off, present participle knocking the corners off, simple past and past participle knocked the corners off)
- To accustom (a person) to the vicissitudes of life; to cure a person of naïveté, selfishness, etc. by exposure to reality.
- That's the point. He needs a father to knock the corners off him and whip him into shape.'2007, Csilla Toldy, Desert Skies, page 133
Questions about knocked the corners off
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- Knocked the corners off is the simple past and past participle of knock the corners off.
Words near knocked the corners off in the dictionary
- knocked someone off their perch
- knocked someone over with a feather
- knocked someone's socks off
- knocked someone's wind out
- knocked the ball out of the park
- knocked the corners off
- knocked the daylight out of
- knocked the daylights out of
- knocked the living daylights out of
- knocked the stuffing out of
- knocked the wind out of someone's sails
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