KO
verb/ˌkeɪ ˈəʊ/
/ˌkeɪ ˈəʊ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they KO | /ˌkeɪ ˈəʊ/ /ˌkeɪ ˈəʊ/ |
| he / she / it KO's | /ˌkeɪ ˈəʊz/ /ˌkeɪ ˈəʊz/ |
| past simple KO'd | /ˌkeɪ ˈəʊd/ /ˌkeɪ ˈəʊd/ |
| past participle KO'd | /ˌkeɪ ˈəʊd/ /ˌkeɪ ˈəʊd/ |
| -ing form KO'ing | /ˌkeɪ ˈəʊɪŋ/ /ˌkeɪ ˈəʊɪŋ/ |
- KO somebody (in boxing) to hit an opponent hard so that they fall to the ground and cannot get up and therefore lose the fight (the abbreviation for knockout)
- He got KO'd in the first round of his comeback fight.
- (figurative) I was completely KO'd by Covid.
Word Origin1920s: abbreviation.
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