knock (something) on the head

idiom

British, informal

: to cause the end or failure of (something)

The closing of the airport knocked our holiday plans on the head.

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Thanks to a knock on the head in the pilot episode, only one of the living spouses can see and talk to the ghosts. —

John Jurgensen, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022

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