knock oneself out

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(verb) to exhaust oneself

Example Sentences:

Coach: Are you okay?
Player: No, Coach. I feel like I’m going to knock myself out if I keep playing.
Coach: Okay, take a rest!

The football player knocked himself out by practicing for 8 hours yesterday.

She really should take a break if she doesn’t want to keep knocking herself out. You can only study so much!


knock oneself out

Similar idioms:

  1. make light of
  2. live up to
  3. spread oneself too thin
  4. keep one’s nose to the grindstone
  5. knock someone flat
  6. not playing with a full deck
  7. knock one’s socks off
  8. work one’s fingers to the bone
  9. roll up one’s sleeves
  10. bust one’s ass
  11. buckle down
  12. put one’s shoulder to the wheel
  13. knuckle down
  14. work like a dog
  15. kidding oneself

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