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knocking someone's wind out

knocking someone's wind out is the present participle and gerund 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 knocking someone's wind out

What is knocking someone's wind out the present participle and gerund of?
Knocking someone's wind out is the present participle and gerund of knock someone's wind out.

Words near knocking someone's wind out in the dictionary

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

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