knock it out of the park

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.

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Meanings

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

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

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

    D’Arcy continues to knock it out of the park—and make me weep—with their scene opposite Considine later that night.

    2022 October 10, Jenna Scherer, “House Of The Dragon drops its best episode yet”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2025

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hit out of the parksmash it
Cite this entry
APA

knock it out of the park. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knock%20it%20out%20of%20the%20park

MLA

“knock it out of the park.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knock%20it%20out%20of%20the%20park. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knock it out of the park,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knock%20it%20out%20of%20the%20park.

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