knock someone's wind out

verb

To cause someone phrenospasm.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person knocks someone's wind out · participle present knocking someone's wind out · participle past knocked someone's wind out · past knocked someone's wind out

  1. idiomaticTo cause someone phrenospasm.
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Chicago

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