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knock into a cocked hat v

(transitive, originally US, colloquial, dated) To beat up or seriously injure (a person); to badly damage (a thing). (transitive, chiefly British, colloquial, figuratively) To completely demolish, nullify, overthrow, or otherwise defeat (a person; an argument, idea, or proposition; or a thing).

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