See knock someone's socks off on Wiktionary
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"(idiomatic) To impress greatly; amaze; stun."
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"sense": "to impress greatly; amaze; stun",
"word": "slå benene væk under"
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"word": "dob egy hátast (tőle)"
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"word": "slå benene væk under"
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"word": "knock someone's socks off"
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