knocks the corners off
knocks the corners off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 knocks the corners off
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- Knocks the corners off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of knock the corners off.
Words near knocks the corners off in the dictionary
- knocks someone off their perch
- knocks someone over with a feather
- knocks someone's socks off
- knocks someone's wind out
- knocks the ball out of the park
- knocks the corners off
- knocks the daylight out of
- knocks the daylights out of
- knocks the living daylights out of
- knocks the stuffing out of
- knocks the wind out of someone's sails
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