knock out of the box

Verb

 * 1)  To cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting.
 * 2)  To cause something to be replaced by something else.

Quotations

 * 2002: 'Odd the way the immediate concerns about a dying marriage can knock worries about torture and murder and mysterious chess pieces right out of the box' &mdash; in The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter

Synonyms

 * (cause something to be replaced by something else): oust