knock the corners off

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To accustom (a person) to the vicissitudes of life; to cure a person of naïveté, selfishness, etc. by exposure to reality. ambitransitive
    — That's the point. He needs a father to knock the corners off him and whip him into shape.'

词形变化

knocks the corners off present,singular,third-person knocking the corners off participle,present knocked the corners off participle,past knocked the corners off past
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