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

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

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