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      • to defeat a person or a team in a competition so that they can no longer take part in it: be knocked out of The champion was unexpectedly knocked out of the tournament in the first round. be knocked out England were knocked out after losing the final game of the round.
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    A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, as well as fighting-based video games. A full knockout is considered any legal strike or combination ...

  3. knockout noun [C] (COMPETITION) (US elimination tournament) a competition in which only the winners of each stage play in the next stage, until one competitor or team is the final winner: The tournament is a straight knockout. a knockout competition / championship. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  4. Definition of knock out phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  5. The meaning of KNOCKOUT is the act of knocking out : the condition of being knocked out. How to use knockout in a sentence.

  6. to hit someone so that the person becomes unconscious, or to cause someone to go to sleep: His fall from the ladder knocked him out. Those sleeping pills knocked me out. If something such as a system or piece of equipment is knocked out by something else, it stops operating: The lightning knocked out our electricity.

  7. knocked out. Meaning | Synonyms. big success. to be rendered unconscious by a physical blow. to eliminate the competition. to become exhausted by an outside influence. to be overwhelmed. a very attractive person. to make a big effort. stunning blow or finishing blow. elimination match. Example Sentences.

  8. a blow that renders an opponent unconscious. 3. a. a competition in which competitors are eliminated progressively. b. (as modifier) a knockout contest. 4. a series of absurd invented games, esp obstacle races, involving physical effort or skill.