take a knock



take a knock

to be badly affected by something His reputation has taken quite a knock following the revelations published in his recent biography.
See beat the daylights out of, knock for a loop, knock into shape, blow socks off, beat the tar out of, touch wood
See also: knock, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mikhailu-Old Church Slavic
Zsigmond-Hungarian
Giuseppajoo-ZEP-pahItalian
Slobodan-Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian
KazimÍR-Czech, Slovak, Hungarian
OswaldAHZ-wawld (English), AWS-vahlt (German)English, German, Anglo-Saxon