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"ref": "1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 7",
"text": "[Denham answered] \"Gas bombs, Old Man! My own prescription. […] Gas bombs powerful enough to knock a row of elephants for a loop.\"",
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"ref": "1967 November 17, “Wall Street: Big Casino”, in Time, retrieved 2014-08-02",
"text": "[A] triple threat to the U.S. economy[…]has knocked stock prices for a loop.",
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"ref": "1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest, page 394",
"text": "Poor Janice, she'll be knocked for a loop. She'll feel she's let her father down.",
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"ref": "2008 September 7, Anita Gates, “Stage: Dinner and a Show, in One Spot, at One Price”, in The New York Times, retrieved 2014-08-02",
"text": "Karyn McNay as Ulla, the sexy Swedish actress/receptionist/cleaning woman, knocks the audience for a loop too.",
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To astonish; to stagger or overwhelm; to confuse or disorient."
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to astonish, overwhelm, confuse",
"word": "en boucher un coin"
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"sense": "to astonish, overwhelm, confuse",
"word": "aus der Bahn werfen"
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"sense": "to astonish, overwhelm, confuse",
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"word": "ошара́шить"
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"sense": "to astonish, overwhelm, confuse",
"word": "en boucher un coin"
},
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"sense": "to astonish, overwhelm, confuse",
"word": "aus der Bahn werfen"
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"sense": "to astonish, overwhelm, confuse",
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"word": "zbijać z pantałyku"
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"sense": "to astonish, overwhelm, confuse",
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"word": "zbić z pantałyku"
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"sense": "to astonish, overwhelm, confuse",
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"word": "ошара́шить"
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