knock into a cocked hat

English

Verb

knock into a cocked hat (third-person singular simple present knocks, present participle knocking, simple past and past participle knocked)

  1. Completely nullify, overthrow, demolish, or otherwise defeat an idea, proposition, or argument.
    All the original ideas we had were knocked into a cocked hat by the latest survey.
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