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KO

  [n. key-oh, key-oh; v. key-oh] noun, plural KO's, verb, KO'd, KO'ing. Slang.
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–noun
1. a knockout in boxing.
–verb (used with object)
2. to knock unconscious, esp. in a boxing match; knock out.
Also, K.O., k.o., kayo.

Origin:
1920–25; initial letters of knock out
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KO   (kā'ō')   
tr.v.   KO'd, KO'ing, KO's
To knock out, as in boxing.
n.   (kā-ō', kā'ō')
A knockout, as in boxing.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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KO [ˈkeˈo]

and kayo
  1. n.
    a knockout. (The abbreviation is an initialism. Boxing.) : It was a quick KO, and Wilbur was the new champ.
  2. tv.
    to knock someone out. (See also KOed. Boxing.) : Wilbur planned to KO Wallace in the third round.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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