"knock out of the box" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-knock out of the box.ogg [Australia] Forms: knocks out of the box [present, singular, third-person], knocking out of the box [participle, present], knocked out of the box [participle, past], knocked out of the box [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=knock out of the box}} knock out of the box (third-person singular simple present knocks out of the box, present participle knocking out of the box, simple past and past participle knocked out of the box)
  1. (baseball) To cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting. Categories (topical): Baseball Related terms: out of the box
    Sense id: en-knock_out_of_the_box-en-verb-vgMO7AO6 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (idiomatic) To cause something to be replaced by something else. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (cause something to be replaced by something else): oust
    Sense id: en-knock_out_of_the_box-en-verb-v-nQKFLW Disambiguation of 'cause something to be replaced by something else': 41 59

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