sock it

verb

To blow away, to impress (someone).

Meanings

verbsock it (third-person singular simple present socks it, present participle socking it, simple past and past participle socked it)

present singular third person socks it · participle present socking it · participle past socked it · past socked it

  1. informalTo blow away, to impress (someone).
  2. To deliver a crippling blow to.

    Fish + Broccoli The benefit: You can sock it to cancer with this one-two punch.

    2007 November, Elizabeth Drake, “Combine and conquer: Use these winning food pairings to protect your health”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 124
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