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[beat/bore/charm etc.] the socks off someone

if someone beats, bores, charms etc. the socks off someone, they beat, bore, or charm them completely. He was one of those teachers who bored the socks off his students with his classes.

See also: beat, bore, charm

Bless her/his cotton socks. (British & Australian, humorous)

something that you say when you want to express affection for someone. My little niece - bless her cotton socks - won the school poetry prize this year.

See also: bless, cotton

blow/knock your socks off (informal)

if something knocks your socks off, you find it extremely exciting or good. I'm going to take you to a restaurant that'll knock your socks off.

See also: blow, knock

land/sock someone one (informal)

to hit someone hard. She just walked up and landed him one.

See also: land

pull your socks up

to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough. He's going to have to pull his socks up if he wants to stay in the team.

See also: pull

Put a sock in it! (informal)

an impolite way of telling someone to be quiet. Put a sock in it! Some of us are trying to work around here.

work your socks off (informal)

to work very hard. The lawyers that I know earn a lot of money but they work their socks off.

See also: work

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knock someone's/something's socks off

to completely defeat a competitor. Japan and Korea knocked the socks off the United States in tests of science and math.

See also: knock

knock your socks off

to completely surprise or please you very much. The magazine is beautiful and combines color and unusual design in a way that knocks your socks off.

Usage notes: also used with other verbs to say that something is done in an extreme way or to a great degree: I worked my socks off to get my degree.

See also: knock