knock the bottom out of
Example Sentences
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Ben Flesh may be corruptible, and Author Elkin's spendthrift talent some times threatens to knock the bottom out of the word market entirely.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had secured an injunction to restrain the Board from suspending his company on the grounds that suspension would force a reckless liquidation of the company's holdings, knock the bottom out of the grain market.
From Time Magazine Archive
Foster's view seemed to knock the bottom out of life, to deprive everything equally of charm and individuality.
From The Upton Letters by Benson, Arthur Christopher
They would then knock the bottom out of the Home Rule agitation.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John
If that was allowed, it 'ld knock the bottom out of your promise.
From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford
