x knocked y into a cocked hat
1into a cocked hat — informal 1 US : into a state of confusion, ruin, etc. The discovery has knocked/thrown all our old assumptions into a cocked hat. [=has completely destroyed all our old assumptions] 2 Brit used to say that one person or thing is much better than… …
2knock something into a cocked hat — tv. o demolish a plan, a story, etc. □ I knocked his plans into a cocked hat. □ You’ve knocked everything into a cocked hat …
3knock into a cocked hat — phrasal 1. a. : to utterly demolish : ruin knocked all our plans into a cocked hat threatened to knock the industry into a cocked hat …
4Cocked hat — The cocked hat is a style of formal headgear, or hat, worn by certain civilian, military and naval officials from the mid 19th Century until the beginning of World War II.Evolved from the bicorne, the cocked hat is pinned up at two sides to form… …
5knock — knock1 W3S1 [nɔk US na:k] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(door)¦ 2¦(hit and move something)¦ 3¦(hit somebody hard)¦ 4¦(hit part of your body)¦ 5 knock on doors 6 be knocking on the door 7¦(remove wall)¦ 8 knock a hole in/through something 9¦(criticize)¦ …
6Bicorne — For the mythical beast, see Bicorn (monster). Napoléon Bonaparte in his characteristic bicorne hat The bicorne or bicorn (two cornered) is an archaic form of hat widely adopted in the 1790s as an item of uniform by European and American military… …
7knock — v. & n. v. 1 a tr. strike (a hard surface) with an audible sharp blow (knocked the table three times). b intr. strike, esp. a door to gain admittance (can you hear someone knocking?; knocked at the door). 2 tr. make (a hole, a dent, etc.) by… …
8knock — /nɒk / (say nok) verb (i) 1. to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, giving a signal, etc. 2. (of an internal combustion engine)… …
9atone for — • to make up for smth • to atone for smth • to repair one s fault • to repair one s wrong • to make amends for smth compensate for a loss or mistake I have to work hard in order to make up for the loss from the poor sales. (from Idioms in Speech) …
10make amends for — • to make up for smth • to atone for smth • to repair one s fault • to repair one s wrong • to make amends for smth compensate for a loss or mistake I have to work hard in order to make up for the loss from the poor sales. (from Idioms in Speech) …
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