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knocking the wind out of someone's sails

knocking the wind out of someone's sails is the present participle and gerund of knock the wind out of someone's sails.

Questions about knocking the wind out of someone's sails

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

Words near knocking the wind out of someone's sails in the dictionary

  1. knocking the corners off
  2. knocking the daylight out of
  3. knocking the daylights out of
  4. knocking the living daylights out of
  5. knocking the stuffing out of
  6. knocking the wind out of someone's sails
  7. knocking together
  8. knocking under
  9. knocking up
  10. knocking wood
  11. knocking-shop

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