sock it
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[edit]Verb
[edit]sock it (third-person singular simple present socks it, present participle socking it, simple past and past participle socked it)
- (informal, followed by the preposition to) To blow away, to impress (someone).
- To deliver a crippling blow to.
- 2007 November, Elizabeth Drake, “Combine and conquer: Use these winning food pairings to protect your health”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 124:
- Fish + Broccoli
The benefit: You can sock it to cancer with this one-two punch.