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                           Phrase(s): knock something out of something  to beat or knock on something until something comes out.  •  Timmy knocked the stuffing out of his pillow.  •  Someone knocked the coins out of my piggy bank.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           Phrase(s): knock something out of someone to beat someone until something emerges or dissipates.  •  Max knocked the truth out of the spy.  •  Lefty knocked the story out of Max.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs