knock the bottom out of
Example Sentences
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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
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
The first effect of Tryon's discovery was, figuratively speaking, to knock the bottom out of things for him.
From The House Behind the Cedars by Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell)
I didn't know that anything could knock the bottom out of life so quickly.
From The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary by Warner, Anne
It seemed to knock the bottom out of his whole theory that he who does right is always safe.
From Tom Slade with the Colors by Clarity, Thomas
