hit someone for six

Alternative forms

 * knock someone for six

Etymology
From cricket, where hitting the ball over the boundary without it bouncing scores six runs, the maximum for one shot.

Verb

 * 1)  To score six points against (a bowler) by hitting the ball over the boundary.
 * 2)  To affect in a devastating way by some unexpected news.
 * 3) To hit another person very hard.
 * 1) To hit another person very hard.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Polish:, zaszokować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, привести́ в кра́йнее изумле́ние