Semantic shift of _knock yourself out_? (UNCLASSIFIED)

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Thu Feb 3 22:04:08 UTC 2011


On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
<Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
>
> This usage doesn't strike me as unusual.

Different strokes, I reckon. What're ya gonna do?

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
–Mark Twain

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