Sentences with phrase «knock yourself out»

A few years ago our area had a major windstorm that knocked out power for many days.

Between contact sports and wrecking motorcycles and bicycles and other misadventures, I've seen stars, been knocked out, had headaches and nausea that lasted for days... and those were just the concussions I knew about.

Says McConnell's longtime friend Bill Stone, who is a party regular in Louisville: «Mitch has always been a believer in knocking them out, and when they're down, putting your foot on their throat and not letting them up.

Boosting wages may knock out some jobs and some marginal businesses.

Based on this above assumption: I will NOT play things as close to the vest: assuming a client will pay on time, that our latest promo will knock it out of the park.

A lot of it is tasting notes, and in - flight is a great time to knock out some creative writing.

Many rigs were also knocked out.

for this new American - German axis to knock out Gillette and Schick.

It was a reference to the stamp of approval Alberta's professional engineers knock out on blueprints — the insignia of a beaver, that master builder of the wilderness.

Take an hour or two to clean up your background task queue and knock out those pesky low priorities.

But the size of crowds did not bother Japan's Kei Nishikori, who opened the men's singles tennis tournament on center court by knocking out Spain's Albert Ramos - Viñolas with ease, winning 6 - 2 6 - 4 in two sets.

You were knocked out of a non-stop race when your boat was capsized by monster waves while you tried to rest.

Targeting the tunnels from the air allowed the military to at least partially «knock out» Hamas's capabilities without seriously risking Israeli lives, he told the comptroller after the war.

Knocking out a small balance can also generate false optimism.

You can knock it out in a few days.

I've been to conferences where the organizers knocked themselves out to make the attendees feel welcome.

First, we limit our search to company stocks, knocking out REITs and other income trusts.

Finding the time to answer emails, handle paperwork and then still have enough energy left over at the end of the day to knock out my own list of design tasks for me personally was and still is from time to time a hurdle.

When Sandy struck, it knocked out electricity for two days, which disabled four of the company's furnaces, which were keeping glass molten at 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit.

Some consumers prefer to focus the highest - rate debt first (a.k.a., the avalanche method); others knock out the smallest balance first (a.k.a. the snowball method), said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com.

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has yet to recover fully from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria, which in late September knocked out power to the entire island and left all 3.4 million residents of the U.S. territory in the dark and killed dozens of people.

Hurricane Harvey knocked out service at United hub George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston last month.

Some consumers prefer to focus the highest - rate debt first; others knock out the smallest balance first, said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst for Bankrate.com.

And he would knock you out.

The most prominent hazard in this category is communicable diseases such as colds and the flu, and the reason they can knock out such large portions of your workforce depends partly on our society's working culture.

Don't let the world knock you out.

Hackers used malware similar to that described in the FBI report to launch attacks on businesses in highly destructive attacks in South Korea and the Middle East, including one against oil producer Saudi Aramco that knocked out some 30,000 computers.

The idea to anonymously write about the sacrifices he was about to make occurred to Mihalic last August after knocking out a cover letter to apply for a weekend delivery job.

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And in this age of social media, the 48 - year - old dean managed to knock out 18 posts on a blog that cataloged her first 100 days, complete with photos she took with her iPhone.

This month, it just released its first gene knock out kit, an application it has been developing with major research institutions like Salk Institute and St. Judes.

Unlike chemotherapy, which involves administering powerful drugs that kill both cancerous and healthy cells (most healthy cells can repair themselves), immunotherapies harness the power of the immune system to help it identify and knock out just the cancerous cells.

Visualizing the moments you knocked it out of the park, almost as if you were watching a highlight reel of your life and career, can positively affect your outcome.

Slammer, which paralyzed computers running Microsoft SQL Server 2000, temporarily shut down South Korea's telephone system, knocked out thousands of Bank of America automatic - teller machines, and slowed credit - card transactions worldwide.

However, people have also been coming to the mall since Monday for a different purpose, thanks to last weekend's ice storm knocking out power in many Toronto - area homes.

One of the ways that Jack Welch deciphered leaders from followers is that he would look for those who had the wind knocked out of them, but proved that they could run even harder in the next race.

Finally, we knock out companies with a payout ratio above 60 %; anything higher than that level and savvy investors begin to question whether a company can reasonably maintain its payout without hindering growth.

Consider knocking out those year - end anxieties now.

The takeaway here: tryptophan won't knock you out (though wine and pie will), but it «can promote interpersonal trust - that feeling you get when you look somebody in the eye, shake her hand and think, «I can cooperate with this person and she would reciprocate,»» Bennett writes.

Puerto Rico avoided a direct hit from Irma, but the storm knocked out power for 70 percent of the island, and killed at least three people.

It's as if neither candidate can get knocked out of the running no matter how badly he messes up.

«Although it's nice to think about knocking them out in a few years, that's not always possible.

The hard part is that I really have to do my homework to knock it out of the park.

Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, said on Friday the company would send more battery installers to Puerto Rico to help restore power after Hurricane Maria knocked out all power on the island over two weeks ago.

A U.S. Airways plane hit a flock of geese shortly after taking off from New York in 2009 knocking out its engines but Sullenberger managed to glide the Airbus A320 to a safe landing on the Hudson River, saving all 150 passengers on board.

One so they can perform during the day and the other to knock them out at night,» he says, making me feel less guilty about my own coffee and wine routine.

Apply, what I call, «Ali's four greatest rules of brand building» into your business — and get prepared to throw that knock out punch to your competitors!

The wireless industry has for years successfully fought regulations that would force mobile phone networks to be hardened so they work during storms, but it may face renewed demands after Hurricane Harvey knocked out seven of 10 cell towers in the hardest - hit counties of Texas.

One so they can perform during the day and the other to knock them out at night.»

I've seen a lot of the low level players get knocked out of the game, because you can't get a fast ROI like you used to.