get knocked out cold
get knocked out cold
To be rendered unconscious, as by a physical blow, medication, or other means. I had a shot at a championship boxing title, but I got knocked out cold in the semi-finals. I hope I don't get knocked out cold by this painkiller the doctor gave me. Sam drank a bit too much on her 21st birthday and got knocked out cold by 10 PM.
See also: cold, get, knock, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- be knocked out cold
- laid out
- lay out
- see stars
- numbed out
- ring one's chimes
- be out for the count
- out cold
- out for the count
- out like a light