knock the persimmon

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the expression the longest pole knocks the persimmon.

Verb[edit]

knock the persimmon (third-person singular simple present knocks the persimmon, present participle knocking the persimmon, simple past and past participle knocked the persimmon)

  1. (US, especially Southern US, dated) To succeed; to obtain success.
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