What does knocked for six mean

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Word Lists. Choose your language. My word lists. Tell us about this example sentence:. The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word. The sentence contains offensive content. Cancel Submit. Your feedback will be reviewed. So, a bowler is said to be 'hit for six' when the batsman hits a ball into the crowd.

There are many references in print to 'a hit for six' from the s onward, usually preceded by 'splendid, fine, rare, enormous' etc.

These examples all use 'hit' as a noun, that is, 'a hit'. It took a few more years for 'hit for six' to be used with 'hit' as a verb, that is, 'to be hit'.

As to being bowled by a slow half volley, which any one else would have hit for six, it is positively heart-breaking. An example of the use of the expression can be found in the title of an article in the British newspaper, The Guardian. Have you ever been described as "the laughing stock?

If this is the case then keep reading and th The English idiom, "at the eleventh hour" is often used in conversation. It can seem rather confusing if you do not have prior knowledge of what it me