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
FruzsinaFROOZH-ee-nawHungarian
Saveriu-Corsican
Yitzhak-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
LorneLAWRNEnglish
Kresimir-Medieval Slavic
IngeING-e (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish), ING-gə (German), ING-ə (Dutch)Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Dutch