knock it out of the ballpark

A form of hit one out of the ballpark — To hit a fair ball so well that the ball flies over all of the spectators' seats and lands outside the stadium.

Meanings

verbknock it out of the ballpark (third-person singular simple present knocks it out of the ballpark, present participle knocking it out of the ballpark, simple past and past participle knocked it out of the ballpark)

present singular third person knocks it out of the ballpark · participle present knocking it out of the ballpark · participle past knocked it out of the ballpark · past knocked it out of the ballpark

  1. alternativeAlternative form of hit one out of the ballpark.
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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