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- put (one's) lights out
put (one's) lights out
put (one's) lights out
To render someone unconscious with a punch. A: "Oh man, what happened?" B: "Well, you and Bart were fighting, and then Bart put your lights out." Wow, you're strong—you could put someone's lights out with a punch like that!
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Brain | | [brein] | |
| Bine | | - | Danish |
| Rostislav | | rahs-tee-SLAHF (Russian) | Russian, Czech, Medieval Slavic |
| DraŽEn | | - | Croatian, Serbian |
| Silas | | SIE-ləs (English) | English, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek |
| Madlenka | | - | Czech |