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knock sb's block off
informalDefinition
› If you say that you will knock someone's block off, you are threatening to hit them very hard, especially on the head: I'll knock his block off if he tries anything with me!Hitting and beatingPunishing by causing pain
(Definition of knock sb's block off from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Hitting and beating
Synonyms and related words:
- -bashing suffix (HIT)
- a bunch of fives idiom
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- battering noun
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- deck verb (HIT)
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