knock out of the box

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

knock out of the box

1. (baseball) To cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting.
2. (idiomatic) To cause something to be replaced by something else.

Quotations

• 2002: 'Odd the way the immediate concerns about a dying marriage can knock worries about torture and murder and mysterious chess pieces right out of the box' — in The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter

Synonyms

• (cause something to be replaced by something else): oust

Related terms

• out of the box