knocking the corners off
knocking the corners off is the present participle and gerund 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 knocking the corners off
- What is knocking the corners off the present participle and gerund of?
- Knocking the corners off is the present participle and gerund of knock the corners off.
Words near knocking the corners off in the dictionary
- knocking someone's socks off
- knocking someone's wind out
- knocking spirit
- knocking spirits
- knocking the ball out of the park
- knocking the corners off
- knocking the daylight out of
- knocking the daylights out of
- knocking the living daylights out of
- knocking the stuffing out of
- knocking the wind out of someone's sails
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