Phrasal Verb - knock someone out

Phrasal verbs consists of a basic verb + another word or words. The two or three words that make up a phrasal verb form a short 'phrase' - which is why we call them 'phrasal verbs'.

Phrasal Verb:

knock someone out

Meaning / Example:

1. to knock someone unconscious. (Someone includes oneself.)
> Fred knocked Mike out and left him there in the gutter.

2. to make someone unconsciousness.
> The drug knocked her out quickly.
> The powerful medicine knocked out the patient.

3. to surprise or please someone.
> I have some news that will really knock you out.

4. to wear someone out; to exhaust someone.
> All that exercise really knocked me out.

Phrasal verbs, also called two-word verbs, are idiomatic expressions wherein the second element of the verb (the adverb or particle) is not necessarily predictable.

A compilation of 50 phrasal verbs.