I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a knockout punch (= a blow that knocks someone down so that they cannot get up again )
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In the fourth round, Lewis produced a knockout punch that ended the fight.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
competition
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Twenty golfers took part in the annual event and plans are being laid for a Fine Earthenware matchplay knockout competition next year.
punch
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Great passing; good running, but they lacked a knockout punch .
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But the new West Indies proved encouragingly resilient, repeatedly getting up off the canvas to deliver the final knockout punch .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Leslie's a real knockout .
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Sunday's concert was a knockout .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A fight could end three ways: by knockout , surrender or by intervention of the referee.
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Barrera won by an eighth-round knockout but Cook frustrated him at times.
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It leaves the ring on a stretcher; the result is a first-round knockout .
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Rated G.. Toy Story A knockout .
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She was a knockout in gym shorts.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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blow
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If people will use the vaccine available, it is possible to give paralytic polio a knockout blow within the next year.
punch
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It was a knockout punch of which Indurain, Hinault or Merckx would have been proud.
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That seven eighty-one was like a knockout punch .
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He may not have a knockout punch , but he does have good moves all the way to the bell.
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The business was reeling from what appeared to have been the knockout punch .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He insisted there was some-thing about his right hand-the hand that delivered the knockout punch-that was strange.
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He may not have a knockout punch, but he does have good moves all the way to the bell.
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It was a knockout punch of which Indurain, Hinault or Merckx would have been proud.
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Obese mice, diabetic mice, musclebound mice, even knockout mice.
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That seven eighty-one was like a knockout punch.
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The knockout loss to Lewis, which came in the sixth round, seemed to put him out of title contention.
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The piece opens and closes with knockout ensemble dances.
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Wenger's Arsenal are on the brink of breaking into the knockout stage at the third time of asking.