knocksomethingout ofsomeone
phrasal verbwithknockverbuk/nɒk/us/nɑːk/
If aqualityisknockedout of someone, theylosethatqualitybecause thesituationthey are in does notallowit toexist:
AnycreativityI had wassoonknockedout of me atschool.
Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- bear away
- confiscate
- confiscation
- creamsomething/someoneoff
- debug
- drain
- expropriate
- expropriation
- extractive
- get off
- impound
- relieve
- rootsomething/someoneout
- routsomeoneout
- seize
- shelf
- stripping
- suck
- sweep