knock for a loop

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knock for a loop (third-person singular simple present knocks for a loop, present participle knocking for a loop, simple past and past participle knocked for a loop)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To astonish; to stagger or overwhelm; to confuse or disorient.
    Synonyms: throw for a loop, throw off
    • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 7:
      [Denham answered] "Gas bombs, Old Man! My own prescription. […] Gas bombs powerful enough to knock a row of elephants for a loop."
    • 1967 November 17, “Wall Street: Big Casino”, in Time‎, archived from the original on 20 July 2014:
      triple threat to the U.S. economy […] has knocked stock prices for a loop.
    • 1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest‎, →ISBN, page 394:
      Poor Janice, she'll be knocked for a loop. She'll feel she's let her father down.
    • 2008 September 7, Anita Gates, “Stage: Dinner and a Show, in One Spot, at One Price”, in The New York Times‎, retrieved 2 August 2014:
      Karyn McNay as Ulla, the sexy Swedish actress/receptionist/cleaning woman, knocks the audience for a loop too.

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