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knocks someone's wind out

knocks someone's wind out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of knock someone's wind out.

knocks someone's wind out is the simple past 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 knocks someone's wind out

What is knocks someone's wind out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Knocks someone's wind out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of knock someone's wind out.

Words near knocks someone's wind out in the dictionary

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

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