• Knock-out

    Full definition of knock-out

    Noun

    knock-out

    (plural knock-outs)
    1. Alternative form of knockout
      • 2011, October 1, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland, Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.
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