Idiom
knock someone's block off
Meaning
To strike a person in the head, causing them to fall to the ground, especially in an unconscious condition; to beat up a person.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“If you touch my car again, I will knock your block off.”
“The angry man shouted that he would knock the bully's block off if he did not stop bothering his younger brother.”
“The tavern erupted in chaos when the insulted sailor threatened to knock the stranger's block off for mocking his captain's reputation.”
Examples
simple
“If you touch my car again, I will knock your block off.”
contextual
“The angry man shouted that he would knock the bully's block off if he did not stop bothering his younger brother.”
complex
“The tavern erupted in chaos when the insulted sailor threatened to knock the stranger's block off for mocking his captain's reputation.”
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