knocked for a loop

Example Sentences

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While kids who are developing typically and have many resources will be knocked for a loop, they will likely get back on their feet fine in the end.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2020

Worse, on any particular page, we might hear that René is knocked for a loop, clutching at straws, growing up before my eyes, losing his bearings.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2017

She’d clearly been knocked for a loop, but she was trying to act more with-it than she was.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

"I was knocked for a loop," Dave said with a grin.

From Dave Dawson at Dunkirk by Bowen, Robert Sydney