"knocks the wind out of someone's sails" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} knocks the wind out of someone's sails
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of knock the wind out of someone's sails Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: knock the wind out of someone's sails
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