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How to understand "Knock the pins out from"?



 
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How to understand "Knock the pins out from"? #1 (permalink) Tue Nov 04, 2008 22:49 pm   How to understand "Knock the pins out from"?
 

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ESL/EFL Test #383 "English Slang Idioms (114)", question 6

"I am sorry that I ......... the pins out from under you on Friday. I know I said I would help you move, but I got called into work at 5 o'clock in the morning and didn't get a break until after you were done," Wallace told Steve.

(a) put
(b) placed
(c) knocked
(d) painted

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #383 "English Slang Idioms (114)", answer 6

"I am sorry that I knocked the pins out from under you on Friday. I know I said I would help you move, but I got called into work at 5 o'clock in the morning and didn't get a break until after you were done," Wallace told Steve.

Correct answer: (c) knocked

Your answer was: incorrect
"I am sorry that I placed the pins out from under you on Friday. I know I said I would help you move, but I got called into work at 5 o'clock in the morning and didn't get a break until after you were done," Wallace told Steve.
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How to understand "Knock the pins out from"? #2 (permalink) Tue Nov 04, 2008 23:21 pm   How to understand "Knock the pins out from"?
 

Ah, the intricacies of the English language!

If you knock the pins out from someone, you disappoint or fail to help them. In other words, you let them down.
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