"sock it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: socks it [present, singular, third-person], socking it [participle, present], socked it [participle, past], socked it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} sock it (third-person singular simple present socks it, present participle socking it, simple past and past participle socked it)
  1. (informal, followed by the preposition to) To blow away, to impress (someone). Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-sock_it-en-verb-W-PjfZc- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19
  2. To deliver a crippling blow to.
    Sense id: en-sock_it-en-verb-zDBuUh1b
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        "To blow away, to impress (someone)."
      ],
      "id": "en-sock_it-en-verb-W-PjfZc-",
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          "to",
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        [
          "blow away",
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        ],
        [
          "impress",
          "impress"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal, followed by the preposition to) To blow away, to impress (someone)."
      ],
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        "followed by the preposition to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "ref": "2007 November, Elizabeth Drake, “Combine and conquer: Use these winning food pairings to protect your health”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 124:",
          "text": "Fish + Broccoli\nThe benefit: You can sock it to cancer with this one-two punch.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To deliver a crippling blow to."
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
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        "To blow away, to impress (someone)."
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        "(informal, followed by the preposition to) To blow away, to impress (someone)."
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        "informal"
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          "ref": "2007 November, Elizabeth Drake, “Combine and conquer: Use these winning food pairings to protect your health”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 124:",
          "text": "Fish + Broccoli\nThe benefit: You can sock it to cancer with this one-two punch.",
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        }
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        "To deliver a crippling blow to."
      ]
    }
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}

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