knock throw somebody for a loop Idiom

looped

drunk, loaded, smashed You were looped last night. You don't remember what happened.

throw me for a loop

confuse me, phase me out The question on parliamentary procedure threw me for a loop.

throw sb for a loop

Idiom(s): throw someone for a loop AND knock someone for a loop

Theme: CONFUSION

to confuse or shock someone. (Informal.)
• When Bill heard the news, it threw him for a loop.
• The manager knocked Bob for a loop by firing him on the spot.

knock sb for a loop

In the loop

If you're in the loop, you are fully informed about what is happening in a certain area or activity.

knock for a loop|knock|loop|throw|throw for a loop

v. phr., slang To surprise very much. When I heard they were moving, I was really knocked for a loop. The news of their marriage threw me for a loop.

for a loop

for a loop
see knock for a loop.

knock for a loop

knock for a loop
Also, throw for a loop; knock down or over with a feather; knock sideways. Overcome with surprise or astonishment, as in The news of his death knocked me for a loop, or Being fired without any warning threw me for a loop, or Jane was knocked sideways when she found out she won. The first two of these hyperbolic colloquial usages, dating from the first half of the 1900s, allude to the comic-strip image of a person pushed hard enough to roll over in the shape of a loop. The third hyperbolic term, often put as You could have knocked me down with a feather, intimating that something so light as a feather could knock one down, dates from the early 1800s; the fourth was first recorded in 1925.

loop

loop
see in the loop; knock for a loop.

out of the loop

out of the loop
see under in the loop.

More Idioms/Phrases

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