English / idiom
Knock into a Cocked Hat
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To completely ruin, disrupt, disprove, or defeat a plan, theory, or expectation
In context
01
The unexpected market crash knocked our annual revenue projections into a cocked hat.
02
A simple coding blunder knocked the whole rollout schedule into a cocked hat, forcing the team to regroup.
Synonyms
completely demolish,shatter,upset the applecart
Antonyms
confirm,validate,execute smoothly
Collocations
knock plans into a cocked hat,knock predictions into a cocked hat,completely knocked into a cocked hat