English Explanatory Dictionary

knock the persimmon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To succeed; to obtain success.

Word forms

knock the persimmon knocks the persimmon knocking the persimmon knocked the persimmon

Etymology

From the expression the longest pole knocks the persimmon.

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