And yet it's still a modest record, not a knockout blow.

Whoever goes for a knockout blow will knock themselves out instead.

Whether anyone can and will step in to deliver the knockout blow remains to be seen.

Such steps might fall short of a knockout blow to the Taliban.

Otherwise, the writers are not likely to be able to deliver a knockout blow.

This meant the idea of one early large scale offensive could not bring about a knockout blow.

The knockout blows came early in the second half.

But neither side has managed to land a knockout blow.

The unforeseen knockout blow can come at any time, as they know.

Orange County has given the state a black eye, but it's not a knockout blow.