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knockout blow

noun as in knockout

noun as in Sunday punch

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But every time the Dodgers put the Brewers on the ropes, they failed to land the necessary knockout blow.

Martínez instead delivered a knockout blow, belting a three-run homer to left to complete the Guardians’ five-run rally.

On Wednesday, the Voting Rights Act suffered the second shot in a brutal new one-two punch, and some worry it could lead to a knockout blow at the Supreme Court.

From Slate

The president’s actions so far have been “a knockdown blow to the deep state, but not a knockout blow,” Dans said.

Fuelled with vengeance for last year's defeat at the same stage and a quiet confidence amid a backdrop of external doubt, the reigning Premiership champions produced the knockout blow to end Leinster's pursuit of a fifth star on the jersey - a stunning 37-34 win.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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