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Olga55 Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Sock one out of the park
Hello! Help please, to figure out what does the expression in bold mean?
Hey, Tommy, good luck on Sunday! Sock one out of the park for me!
Hey, Tommy, good luck on Sunday! Sock one out of the park for me!
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It's a baseball reference. It could be literal - hit a home run in the baseball game you are going to play in. It could be a metaphor - do very, very well in whatever it is you're doing.
- It's a baseball reference.
- It could be literal - hit a home run in the baseball game you are going to play in.
- It could be a metaphor - do very, very well in whatever it is you're doing.
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It's a baseball reference.
It could be literal - hit a home run in the baseball game you are going to play in.
It could be a metaphor - do very, very well in whatever it is you're doing.
It could be literal - hit a home run in the baseball game you are going to play in.
It could be a metaphor - do very, very well in whatever it is you're doing.
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There's another expression with the same word.
Knock their socks off = do so well that you really surprise everyone
Knock their socks off = do so well that you really surprise everyone
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