Semantic shift of _knock yourself out_? (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Ronald Butters]

Stop strokin so much?

On Feb 3, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> 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
> –––
> 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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