idiom · informal
knock it out of the park
UK/nɒk ɪt aʊt əv ðə pɑːk/US/nɑːk ɪt aʊt əv ðə pɑːrk/KNOCK·it·OUT·of·the·PARK
speaking
to perform extremely well or exceed expectations
Examples
“She totally knocked it out of the park with her exam presentation.”
“If you want to get the scholarship, you need to knock it out of the park in your interview.”
“He knocked it out of the park during the audition and got the lead role.”
Band 8 sentence
“Her TED-style talk completely knocked it out of the park; the audience was on its feet by the end.”
Collocations
- knock it out of the park in an interview
- knock it out of the park with a presentation/performance
Word family
knock verbknockout noun/adjective
Common mistakes
do very well→knock it out of the park
hit the park→knock it out of the park
Say it for a higher band
5do well→6do very well→7+knock it out of the park
Synonyms
ace it
Easily confused
ace it
“She aced the final exam.”
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