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A reference to the sport of boxing, where a boxer has been incapacitated by an opponent but not yet knocked out.

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Temporarily incapacitated but not permanently defeated.
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 ===Etymology===
-[[File:2017-12-02 Roman Hardok - Jakob Jakobi - DSC2359.jpg|thumb|A [[boxing#Noun|boxing]] [[match#Noun|match]] between Jakob Jakobi ''(left)'' and Roman Hardok for the [[w:de:Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer|Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer]] (BDB) [[interim]] [[championship]] at the Stockschützenhalle in {{w|Kühbach}}, [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]], on 2 December 2017. After Hardok [[knock out|knocked out]] Jakobi in round 2, he was declared the winner by referee Bernd Hupfer. The term ''down but not out'' refers to a situation where a boxer has been [[incapacitate]]d by an [[opponent]] but not yet knocked out.]]
 A reference to the sport of [[boxing#Noun|boxing]], where a [[boxer]] has been [[incapacitate]]d by an [[opponent]] but not yet [[knock out|knocked out]].