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Deliver a physical blow, forceful comment, or reprimand to, as in The judge often socks it to the jury in a murder case . This idiom uses sock in the sense of “strike hard.” It is also put as an imperative, as in Sock it to them, kid! or Sock it to me! , which is sometimes used to give encouragement but can also have sexual overtones. [Second half of 1800s]Advertisement
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