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knock_out_of_the_box

knock out of the box

English

Verb

knock out of the box

  1. (baseball) To cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting.
  2. (idiomatic) To cause something to be replaced by something else.

Synonyms

  • (cause something to be replaced by something else): oust

Quotations

  • 2002: 'Odd the way the immediate concerns about a dying marriage can knock worries about torture and murder and mysterious chess pieces right out of the box' in The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter

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