knock (one's) block off
To strike someone with great force, usually in the head. If you insult me like that again, I'll knock your block off!
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knock someone's block off
Sl. to hit someone hard in the head. Wilbur almost knocked Tom's block off by accident. He threatened to knock my block off if I didn't do as I was told.
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knock someone's block off
Beat up someone, as in
If he doesn't leave at once, I'll knock his block off. This hyperbolic term employs
block in the sense of "head," a usage dating from the 1600s. The idiom, however, dates only from about 1900. Also see
beat the living daylights out of.
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knock someone's block off
hit someone very hard in anger. informal Block is used here in its informal sense of ‘head’.
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I’ll knock your ˈblock/ˈhead off!
(British English, spoken) used to threaten somebody that you will hit themFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
knock someone’s block off
tv. to hit someone hard in the head. (see also
block.)
Wilbur almost knocked Tom’s block off by accident. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.