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knocks on the head

knocks on the head is the third-person singular simple present indicative of knock on the head.

Meaning of knock on the head

Verb

knock on the head (third-person singular simple present knocks on the head, present participle knocking on the head, simple past and past participle knocked on the head)

  1. (transitive) To put an end to; to defeat or frustrate (a scheme or project).
    • My young brothers and sisters looked very awestruck at this first glimpse of barbaric life, and I fear many of the theories they had formed about going into the wilds alone, and experiencing some Robinson Crusoe-like adventures, were suddenly "knocked on the head," to use a forcible colonial...1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 46

Questions about knocks on the head

What is knocks on the head the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Knocks on the head is the third-person singular simple present indicative of knock on the head.

Words near knocks on the head in the dictionary

  1. knocks off
  2. knocks off someone's block
  3. knocks on
  4. knocks on heaven's door
  5. knocks on the door of
  6. knocks on the head
  7. knocks on wood
  8. knocks one out
  9. knocks one out of the ball park
  10. knocks one out of the ballpark
  11. knocks one out of the park

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