Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knock someone out of time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables
knock- -some-one out of -time
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To beat someone to the point where they are stunned and unable to fight back.

Dated; Slang

Usage

Inflected Forms

knocks someone out of time (present, singular) knocking someone out of time (participle, present) knocked someone out of time (participle, past) knocked someone out of time (past)

Questions

What does knock someone out of time mean?
To beat someone to the point where they are stunned and unable to fight back.

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