knock sth out of sb
— phrasal verb with knock uk/nɒk/us/nɑːk/verb
If a quality is knocked out of someone, they lose that quality because the situation they are in does not allow it to exist:
Any creativity I had was soon knocked out of me at school.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- confiscate
- cream sth/sb off
- de-
- debug
- denude
- drain
- impound
- infringe on/upon sth
- knock
- nab
- off with sth idiom
- relieve
- shelf
- suck
- suck sb/sth dry idiom
- sweep
- take sth out
- tow
- tow-away
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