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sock it

sock it verb: to blow away, to impress (someone).

Verb

sock it (third-person singular simple present socks it, present participle socking it, simple past and past participle socked it)

  1. (informal) To blow away, to impress (someone).
  2. To deliver a crippling blow to.
    • Fish + Broccoli
      The benefit: You can sock it to cancer with this one-two punch.2007 November, Elizabeth Drake, “Combine and conquer: Use these winning food pairings to protect your health”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 124

Forms of sock it

third-person singular presentsocks it
present participlesocking it
past participlesocked it
pastsocked it

Questions about sock it

What does sock it mean?
Sock it means to blow away, to impress (someone).
What part of speech is sock it?
Sock it is a verb.
What is the past tense of sock it?
The past tense of sock it is socked it.

Words near sock it in the dictionary

  1. sock hat
  2. sock hop
  3. sock hops
  4. sock in
  5. sock into
  6. sock it
  7. sock it to
  8. sock link
  9. sock links
  10. sock monkey
  11. sock monkeys

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