knock someone's socks off

verb

To impress greatly; amaze; stun.

“You wouldn't expect teenagers to sing opera, but these kids will knock your socks off.”

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Meanings

verbknock someone's socks off (third-person singular simple present knocks someone's socks off, present participle knocking someone's socks off, simple past and past participle knocked someone's socks off)

present singular third person knocks someone's socks off · participle present knocking someone's socks off · participle past knocked someone's socks off · past knocked someone's socks off · alternative blow someone's socks off

  1. idiomaticTo impress greatly; amaze; stun.

    You wouldn't expect teenagers to sing opera, but these kids will knock your socks off.

    1 more example

    But one of the enjoyable things of working around the railway is that no matter how well I think I know something or somewhere, there are always days when my socks are blown clean off.

    2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, page 46

    Synonyms: blow someone away, blow the socks off

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo impress greatly; amaze; stun.

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blow someone awayblow the socks off

Translations

Danish slå benene væk under, slå fødderne væk under
  • slå benene væk underto impress greatly; amaze; stun
  • slå fødderne væk underto impress greatly; amaze; stun
French scier, étonner
  • scierto impress greatly; amaze; stun
  • étonnerto impress greatly; amaze; stun
  • en boucher un cointo impress greatly; amaze; stun
  • mettre une claqueto impress greatly; amaze; stun
Hungarian elképeszt, elkápráztat
  • elképesztto impress greatly; amaze; stun
  • elkápráztatto impress greatly; amaze; stun
  • dob egy hátast (tőle)to impress greatly; amaze; stun
Polish zrywać beret, zerwać beret
  • zrywać beretto impress greatly; amaze; stun
  • zerwać beretto impress greatly; amaze; stun
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