knock one out of the ball 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.

Meanings

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

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

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