knock into a cocked hat

knock into a cocked hat
phrasal
1.
a. : to utterly demolish : ruin

threatened to knock the industry into a cocked hat

b. : to prove to be false : utterly disprove

a theory that was finally knocked into a cocked hat

2. : to surpass eminently : excel by far

something that'll knock all the other achievements of man into a cocked hat — John Galsworthy

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knock into a cocked hat
To give a profound beating, to defeat
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Main Entry:cock
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knock into a cocked hat see under ↑cock1
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Main Entry:knock

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