sock it

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sock it (third-person singular simple present socks it, present participle socking it, simple past and past participle socked it)

  1. (informal, followed by the preposition to) To blow away, to impress (someone).
  2. 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.
      Emboldened words in original (except "sock it", which is emboldened by Wiktionary, for the benefit of you, the reader)

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