knock sb out
(MAKE SLEEP) — phrasal verb with knock /nɒk/
/nɑːk/ verb Definition
› If a drug or alcohol knocks you out, it makes you go to sleep: The sleeping tablets knocked him out for 18 hours.Administering drugs and medicines
(Definition of knock sb out (MAKE SLEEP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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knock sb off phrasal verb (MURDER)
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knock sb off their pedestal idiom 1
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knock sb out phrasal verb (DEFEAT)
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knock sb out phrasal verb (IMPRESS)
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