knock the bottom out of
Example Sentences
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He had secured an injunction to restrain the Board from suspending his company on the grounds that suspension would force a reckless liquidation of the company's holdings, knock the bottom out of the grain market.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ben Flesh may be corruptible, and Author Elkin's spendthrift talent some times threatens to knock the bottom out of the word market entirely.
From Time Magazine Archive
Is somebody trying to knock the bottom out of his baseball holdings in order to get control of the club?
From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Standish, Burt L.
If that was allowed, it 'ld knock the bottom out of your promise.
From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford
They would then knock the bottom out of the Home Rule agitation.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John
